Problem with Date field

[Former Member]

in function module i call the program using "submit" command, the syntax is:

submit ZSD_RG1_REG exporting list to memory

with WERKS = WERKS

with BUDAT-LOW = BUDAT_LOW

with BUDAT-HIGH = BUDAT_HIGH

with MATERIAL-LOW = MATERIAL_LOW

with MATERIAL-HIGH = MATERIAL_HIGH

and return.

i enter the values in FM for the fields in following ways werks = 1810 material_low = fet000075 and budat_low = 02.04.2005

now the result i get is selection-screen of the report where all the fields are filled except for the budat-low field which is showing blank.

Whereas i should'nt get the selection-screen of the report itself. What could be the error pls help me.

[Former Member]

Hi Deepak,

Have you tried using budat_low = '20050402' ?

Regards,

Anand Mandalika.

[Former Member]

ya i have tried using it

but it is accepting as 20.05.0402 if i enter '20050402'

[christian_wohlfahrt]

Hi,

what is the dictionary element of your budat? Internal date format is <i>always</i> YYYYMMDD, only external display depends on user settings.

-> Inside programs use '20050402' - and why is your conversion into an external format not working?

Regards,

Christian

[Former Member]

Hi Deepak,

1. The field BUDAT_LOW should be of type D. Have yo declared it with a character type ?

2. The date field is always of 8 characters. The separators come into picture only when the data is being displayed / printed.

3. All program variables which store the date should be declared with type D. And the data should always be given as 'YYYYMMDD' in the program. The date separator is a customizable setting and therefore can can be different for different users, based on their choice.

Regards,

Anand Mandalika.

[Former Member]

Thank you guys

all of you have been very helpful.

but in reality my problem is :

submit ZRPT_SD_027 exporting list to memory

with WERKS = WERKS

with BUDAT-LOW = BUDAT_HIGH

WITH BUDAT-HIGH = BUDAT_HIGH

WITH MATNR-LOW = MATERIAL-LOW

WITH MATNR-HIGH = MATERIAL_HIGH

with KUNNR-LOW = KUNNR_LOW

with KUNNR-HIGH = KUNNR_HIGH

WITH P_VARI = P_VARIS

and return.

If you look into above code:

i have declared all the left hand side part i.e. after "WITH" in my selection-screen and all the Right hand side part i.e. after "=" (eg BUDAT_LOW) in "IMPORT" parameter of the function module. You see some of the fields in the select-options may be optional (like KUNNR-HIGH OR MATNR-HIGH) so even in function module i wont enter any values for those fields which are optional. But even then while executin either it takes me to the selection-screen or gives an exception NOT_FOUND which it encounters in list_from_memory (following FM).

can you pls help me with this

[andreas_mann3]

why do you use with BUDAT-LOW = BUDAT_LOW

and not with "BUDAT in S_BUDAT" ?

regards Andreas

[Former Member]

Hi Deepak,

Pass the value as extenal date type, and when using the date

convert it into internal date type using CONVERT_DATE_TO_INTERNAL.

For the vice versa try CONVERT_DATE_TO_EXTERNAL.

Cheers

Kathir~

[christian_wohlfahrt]

wouldn't it be much easier to link budat to dictionary and let do the system make the external conversions completly automatically?

[Former Member]

there is a function module that can get the user setting for the date format for you and then u can use another function module to convert the date to the desired format....

these FMs are...

SLS_MISC_GET_USER_DATE_FORMAT - to get user's date format

SLS_MISC_CONVERT_TO_DATE - to convert date to desired

format

just see if u can help yourself with these....

regards,

PJ

[christian_wohlfahrt]

Hi Kathir~, PJ,

nice when you know all these functions to hanlde dates - but this can be done by system without any notice of user / programmer!

Just follow the way Anand Mandalika described detailed and you never need all these functions.

Sorry Deepak - here are two different solutions described by four persons - I hope we don't confuse you.

Regards,

Christian

[Former Member]

Deepak,

Try this code.

RANGES R_BUDAT FOR SY-DATUM.

DATA: BUDAT_LOW TYPE D,

BUDAT_HIGH TYPE D.

BUDAT_LOW = '20050101'.

BUDAT_HIGH = '20050131'.

R_BUDAT-SIGN = 'I'.

R_BUDAT-OPTION = 'BT'.

R_BUDAT-LOW = BUDAT_LOW.

R_BUDAT-HIGH = BUDAT_HIGH.

APPEND R_BUDAT.

SUBMIT ZSD_RG1_REG

exporting list to memory

WITH BUDAT IN R_BUDAT

AND RETURN.

~Sivaraj.