difference b/w select options & Ranges

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

Can u explain me wat is the difference b/w select options & Ranges.

Thanks.

[Former Member]

Farook

Select-options will have data from Selection Screen... whereas in Ranges, developer has to fill the data through coding.... Rest is same..

Thanks

Amol Lohade

[vinod_vemuru2]

Hi,

Functionally both are same. Select options appears on screen but range won't. Range just acts as normal variable with select option structure.

One limitation is when u use range in select query if u have more than 2000 entries in the range u will get a dump where as this restriction is not there with select option.

Hope it is clear.

thanks,

Vinod.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Search forum,

[Former Member]

Hi Farook,

Both are same for ranges, select-options is for your selection criteria in selection screen to be entered by the user and ranges ( obsolete now) is used in the program itself , its used as a variable in your program .

also refer to the link:

http://www.sap-img.com/abap/difference-between-select-options-ranges.htm

With luck,

Pritam.

[Mohamed_Mukhtar]

Hi Farooqh

[Select opiton and Ranges|]

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi,

The main diff. between them is, while we use SELECT-OPTIONS system implicitly creates the select options internal table which contains the fields of SIGN,OPTION,LOW & HIGH. But in case of RANGES, this internal table should be defined explicitly.

hope its helps

[Former Member]

Hi Farook,

SELECT-OPTIONS - On the selection screen, you can declare

RANGES on the selection screen.

RANGES - Inside the program, if you want to have variable with RANGES option, use the RANGES variable. You cannot declare and use SELECT-OPTIONS inside the program.

SELECT-OPTIONS: Declare an internal table that is also linked to input fields on a selection screen

RANGES: Declare an internal table with the same structure as in select-options, but without linking it to a selection screen.

Refer the following link:

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:btyoj86smhEJ:www.sap-img.com/abap/difference-between-select-opti...Select-optionsandrangesIN+ABAP&hl=en&gl=in&ct=clnk&cd=1

http://www.sap-img.com/abap/difference-between-select-options-ranges.htm

Hope this will help.

Regards,

Nitin.

Edited by: Nitin Karamchandani on Sep 12, 2008 2:05 PM

[Former Member]

They are similar but select-options is a more easy way when you create parameters because you don't need to define range parameters.

Using range you need to fill the structure