OPEN DATASET

[Former Member]

I want to store report output in application sever .For that i followed open dataset.

My problem:

when i used below statements.

1) 1st

+OPEN DATASET PFILE FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.+_

+TRANSFER WAOUTPUT TO P_FILE.+_

+loop at ioutput into wa_output.+_

+write:/0 waoutput-werks,+_

+10 waoutput-matnr,+_

+25 waoutput-lgort,+_

+35 waoutput-labst.+_

endloop.

+CLOSE DATASET PFILE.+_

i got dump error:

Only character-type data objects are supported at the argument

position "f" for the statement

"TRANSFER f TO ..." .

In this case, the operand "f" has the non-character-type "TYOUTPUT" ._

The current program is flagged as a Unicode program. In the Unicode context ,

type X fields are seen as non-character-type, as are structures that

contain non-character-type components.

2) 2nd type

OPEN DATASET P_FILE FOR OUTPUT IN BINARY MODE.

TRANSFER WA_OUTPUT TO P_FILE.

loop at i_output into wa_output.

write:/0 wa_output-werks,

10 wa_output-matnr,

25 wa_output-lgort,

35 wa_output-labst.

endloop.

CLOSE DATASET P_FILE.

i donot get any error,but in t-code AL11.This file is creates without any data in it.

Kindly help me.

[venkat_o]

Hi Saritha, 1. When you use IN TEXT MODE ENCODING default addition, it supports only character-type variables only. In your case wa_output-labst is a quantity field. check this F1 help on IN TEXT MODE.

... TEXT MODE encoding [linefeed]

. Effect: The addition IN TEXT MODE opens the file as a text file. The addition ENCODING defines how the characters are represented in the text file. When writing to a text file, the content of a data object is converted to the representation entered after ENCODING, and transferred to the file. If the data type is character-type and flat, trailing blanks are cut off. In the data type string, trailing blanks are not cut off. The end-of-line selection of the relevant platform is applied to the transferred data by default. When reading from a text file, the content of the file is read until the next end-of-line selection, converted from the format specified after ENCODING into the current character format, and transferred to a data object. The end-of-line selection used is controlled using the addition linefeed (as of Release 7.0). In Unicode programs, only the content of character-type data objects can be transferred to text files and read from text files. The addition encoding must be specified in Unicode programs, and can only be omitted in non-Unicode programs. Try to use BINARY MODE or create one structure with all Char Variables. Regards, Venkat.O

[Former Member]

Hi Saritha,

I think you have to make all the fields of the table t_output of type C.

then..try this...

OPEN DATASET p_file FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.

loop at t_output into wa_output.

transfer wa_output TO p_file.

endloop.

CLOSE DATASET p_file

[Former Member]

Hi,

Please refer the code below:

*   Download internal table to Application server file(Unix)
DATA: e_file like rlgrap-filename value '/usr/sap/tmp/file.txt'.

  open dataset e_file for output in text mode.
  lOOP AT it_datatab......
    transfer it_datatab to e_file.
  ENDLOOP.

  close dataset e_file.

Thanks,

Sriram Ponna.