Problem while reading the data from Selection Screen

[Former Member]

Hi,

Thank You very much for reading this query.

I have designed a selection Screen which contains 2 fields.

First field is field in which user has to give table name.

second field is a field in which user has to give field name from that data base table.

I need to write a logic that I should delete the data from given data base table where given field = to-day'date.

My selection-Screen code i s

p_table TYPE rsdodso-odsobject OBLIGATORY,

p_field(20) OBLIGATORY,

I have written query like this.

delete from table (p_table) where (p_field) = sy-datum which is giving error message saying that (p_field) doesnot exist.

Can any one advise me on this how to go.

Thank and Regards,

K.krishna.

[Former Member]

erm, not that i dont want to help you, but you know that this is higly risky what you are trying to do?

giving someone a possibility to delete database records of certain tables isnt good.

People can then delete MARA records while leaving MARC recods in system etc. tell your consultant that this task is a NO-GO.

[Former Member]

Hi,

This option is only for Z tables.So its not a ploblem.

Edited by: KRISHNA CHAITANYA on Sep 7, 2010 2:58 PM

[Former Member]

I am not sure you can delete the entries or not. Please find below sample code.

Data : v1 type string,
       v2 type string.

     v1 = p_table.
  concatenate p_field ' = ' sy-datum into v2 SEPARATED BY space.
  delete from (v1) where (v2).

[Former Member]

>

> Hi,
> 
> This option is only for Z tables.So its not a ploblem.
> 
> Edited by: KRISHNA CHAITANYA on Sep 7, 2010 2:58 PM

And who's to say that a user will only use a Z-table? Already i'm imagining the next thread 'A user deleted some records from standard SAP table.. how do i get the records back?'.

[Former Member]

Hi,

We can't have a dynamic condition in where condition for delete table. you can find the same in SCN.

Hope it helps.

Sujay

[Former Member]

Hi try this way...

 START-of-selection.
    tables : dd03l.
data : w_char(30). 
PARAMETERS : p_table TYPE dd02l-tabname OBLIGATORY,
                     p_field  TYPE dd03l-fieldname OBLIGATORY.

at selection-screen.
    select single * from dd03l where TABNAME = p_table
                                              and fieldname      = p_field
                                              and datatype       = 'DATS'.
   If sy-subrc ne 0.
        "combination is not valid.
   ENDIF.
START-OF-SELECTION.
CONCATENATE p_field 'eq' sy-datum INTO w_char SEPARATED BY space.
  DELETE FROM (p_table) WHERE (w_char).

Prabhudas

[Former Member]

Hi,

Thank You very much.

I did same thing but it is deleting all the records....

Edited by: KRISHNA CHAITANYA on Sep 7, 2010 5:58 PM

[SuhaSaha]

Hello Prabhu,

When using Open SQL statements involving dynamic token make sure to keep it in a TRY ... CATCH block.

DATA: lcx_sql_error TYPE REF TO cx_sy_dynamic_osql_semantics,
      v_msg TYPE string.

TRY .
    DELETE FROM (p_table) WHERE (w_char).
  CATCH cx_sy_dynamic_osql_semantics INTO lcx_sql_error.
    v_msg = lcx_sql_error->get_text( ).
ENDTRY.

BR,

Suhas

PS: No need to check against the table DD03L to check if the field is in the table or rather

[Former Member]

>

> I did same thing but it is deleting all the records....

You're playing with fire. I'd stop right now.

Rob

[SuhaSaha]

+ 1

[Former Member]

oh if it was just fire ).

Playing with fire you may get hurt/burned. But playing with a customers SAP system, may get you to a situation where you rather would had gotten burnt