Problem with no-unicode structures

[Former Member]

Hi,

I'm writing a test application with the Fly data.

I have a SAP tutorial about this (Programming service provider tutorial) and I have to understand, how this works.

I need the table FLIGHTS and a new structure, a table type with FLIGHTS as row.

I have a method interface with a returning parameter of type "table of flights".

The code:

....

select * from sflight

into table re_flights (<-- this is the DDIC structure)

where ....

By implementing the interface method in a class the ABAP editor says always

"The types of the table and of "RE_FLIGHTS" are not convertible in Unicode"

I know, this kind of applications is bad, but I need only a example.

How can I set the parameters? With a table of string?

Thank you!

Regards

Patrizia

[harry_dietz]

Did you check, perhaps the structure of SFLIGHT and RE_FLIGHTS is not really the same? Otherwise you could perhaps use "into corresponding fields of table re_flights"

Regards

Harry

[Former Member]

Hi,

the structure FLIGHTS is a record, the structure RE-FLIGHTS is a table with FLIGHTS as row type.

I solved the problem: I deactivate the Unicode code check.

This is no very fine, but effective

It is only a test program.

Regards

Patrizia

[Former Member]

hi Patrizia,

data: begin of re_flights.

include structure flights.

data: end of re_flights.

select * from flights into re_flights..

this will work. In earlier case, fragments might not have matched.

Because of unicode issues, it is not possible to copy one structure to other directly. In an NUS(nonunicode system), a character of this type has a length of 1 byte, and in a US(unicode system) a length corresponding to the length of one character on the relevant platform.

You can check this example how it works.

report ZCH_UNIEXP_1.

types: begin of T_STRUC,

F1 type c,

F2 type c,

F3 type i,

F4 type p,

end of T_STRUC.

• Before Unicode enabling:

• data: begin of STRUC1.

• include type T_STRUC.

• data: F5 type x.

• data: end of STRUC1.

• data: begin of STRUC2.

• include type T_STRUC.

• data: F6 type p.

• data: end of STRUC2.

• STRUC1 = STRUC2. <---- Unicode error !!

• After Unicode enabling, if only component F1 to F4 should be moved:

data: begin of STRUC1.

include type T_STRUC as PART1.

data: F5 type x.

data: end of STRUC1.

data: begin of STRUC2.

include type T_STRUC as PART1.

data: F6 type p.

data: end of STRUC2.

STRUC1-PART1 = STRUC2-PART1.

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Regards,

Sailaja.

Message was edited by: Sailaja N.L.

[Former Member]

Hi,

thank you for your help. This is very helpfull for me.

Regards

Patrizia