DELETE with SELECT-OPTIONS

[Former Member]

Hi.

I want to know if we can use a SELECT-OPTION in a query to delete a TABLE ?

For example :

 
SELECT-OPTIONS:
    so_tname FOR DD02L-TABNAME.

I know in a select I can do something like that :

SELECT TABNAME
  FROM DD02L
  INTO TABLE INT_TAB
  WHERE TABNAME IN so_tname 

Can we use something similar in a DELETE query ? Because for the moment i'm only able to do that with a parameter on 1 table.

DELETE
  FROM (p_tab) 
  WHERE ....

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi helder,

1. Yes ofcourse.

delete from dbtab

where fieldname in seloption.

*----

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VERY IMPORTANT.

2. MAKE SURE THERE IS SOME VALUE

IN SELECT-OPTION

IF IT IS BLANK,

ALL RECORDS IN THE TABLE WILL BE DELETED !!!!

regards,

amit m.

Message was edited by: Amit Mittal

[Former Member]

Hi

Yes you can:

DELETE FROM <TABLE> WHERE <COND IN SELEC-OPTION>

Max

[Former Member]

In fact what i need is to clear all the records in the table of the select-options.

If i have : ztest1, ztest2, ztest3 in the select options, i want to clear these 3 tables.

[Former Member]

Hi again,

1. i tried at my end.

it works pefectly fine.

2. sample code (just copy paste)

REPORT zam_temp07 .

DATA : tname LIKE dd02l-tabname.

SELECT-OPTIONS : tn FOR tname.

LOOP AT tn.

DELETE FROM (tn-low).

ENDLOOP.

regards,

amit m.

[Former Member]

Hi

If you want to delete all hits in your table you can use DELETE FROM without where conditions, it works from rel. 4.7, I don't remember for other release.

SELECT-OPTIONS: SO_TAB FOR DD02L-TABNAME.

DATA TAB_TABLE LIKE STANDARD TABLE OF DD02L WITH HEADER LINE.

• Make sure to delete only records of existing tables

SELECT * FROM DD02L INTO TABLE TAB_TABLE

WHERE TABNAME IN SO_TAB

AND AS4LOCAL = 'A'.

LOOP AT TAB_TABLE.

DELETA FROM (TAB_TABLE-TAB_NAME).

ENDLOOP.

Remember this code is very dangerous, because you could delete the data of whichever SAP table.

Max

Message was edited by: max bianchi

[Former Member]

Hi Helder,

Just say,

SELECT-OPTIONS s_matnr FOR mara-matnr.

REFRESH s_matnr.

CLEAR s_matnr.

Remember even if it is a select option, it is a internal table.

Regards,

Srikanth