Problem With Function Parameters

[Former Member]

Hi,

I'm trying to call the following function, I have a spool number, which is fine, and can run the function in test mode. The function I am calling is below, but I'm not sure what I need to declare or create for the "TABLES BUFFER" section.

CALL FUNCTION 'RSPO_RETURN_ABAP_SPOOLJOB_RAW'

EXPORTING

rqident = 507

• FIRST_LINE = 1

• LAST_LINE =

tables

buffer = it

• EXCEPTIONS

• NO_SUCH_JOB = 1

• NOT_ABAP_LIST = 2

• JOB_CONTAINS_NO_DATA = 3

• SELECTION_EMPTY = 4

• NO_PERMISSION = 5

• CAN_NOT_ACCESS = 6

• READ_ERROR = 7

• OTHERS = 8

.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

• MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

• WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

Hope someon can help!

Many Thanks.

[RichHeilman]

The BUFFER parameter in the TABLES section will accept a table of any structure.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Hi,

I tried:

data: begin of it occurs 3,

f1(65535) type c,

end of it.

which did work, but then I am restricted to 65535 chars,

I tried defining it as string, and this just crashed.

Is there a better way of doing this? The data is in RDI format.

Thanks.

[Former Member]

Hi,

This is how you should define your internal table:

data: begin of it OCCURS 0,

precol(1),

data_line(1000),

end of it.

You won't get anything more that 1000 if you're using this FM because SAP extracts only that amount of characters, so defining your 'it' with 65535 won't do anything.

Thanks,

Wojtek

[Former Member]

Hi,

thanks for that, it's fixed the problem, not sure if I should be using occurs 0 , because of the memory allocation - any tips?

[RichHeilman]

Tip....don't use OCCURS at all.

Types: begin of it_type,
       precol(1),
       data_line(1000),
       end of it_type.

Data: it type table of it_type with header line.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Hi

Yes, Rich is right. Don't use OCCURS at all. Sorry.

Thanks,

Wojtek

[Former Member]

Could you please give some further explanation why "type" syntax is better than the "occurs" one?

[RichHeilman]

Well, I attended an ABAP Objects class, and the instructor said that the OCCURS statement is obselete. Plus, I'm pretty sure that OCCURS syntax is not allow in ABAP Objects.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Hi

I am trying not to use OCCURS, although it is a habit...The reason behind it is that using TYPE TABLE is more clear and more specific to me. Both work well, though. I can't comment on using OCCURS in ABAP Objects and whether it is obsolete or not.

Many thanks,

Wojtek

[Former Member]

Hi,

The use of occurs has become obsolete. In ABAP Objects, you cannot define internal tables using the OCCURS, it won't work in declarative statements like DATA/TYPE. If you go for stricter/extended syntax check, it will give error.

-Tejal