differancec between local and sequential files

[Former Member]

hi,

what is the differancec between local and sequential files

[Former Member]

Local file: Is nothing but file on your local system i.e file on presentation sever are called local files. (Ex: file on ur local driver C:\file.txt )

you can use gui_upload fm to upload

you can use gui_download fm to download

Sequential files: Are noting but files on the SAP memory i.e on applicaton sever of R/3 system are called as sequential files.

you can access those using open data statements.

reward if uesful

Cheers,

Chandru

[Former Member]

Sequential files are files with specific format. You upload data into SAP using sequential files.

ABAP allows you to use sequential files located on the application server or presentation server. You can use these files to buffer data, or as an interface between local programs and the R/3 System

Sequential files are the files which are stored at application server

To read them or to put the data into them we use the DATASET concepts for transfering data

OPEN data set is used to open the file

READ dataset for reading the file

TRANSFER dataset for transfering/writing the data

CLOSE dataset to close the dataset.

Local file is nothing but ur local system file ..Like C:\, D:\