Reading the DBTABLOG Table

[Former Member]

I have developed a program to read the DBTABLOG Table entries which keeps a Log Records of Table Changes.

On update of an entry in any table (say TCJ1T), DBTABLOG stores the entry that was updated ie. the old entry.

TO get the new entry I read the key fields of the table TCJ1T form DBTABLOG and query TCJ1T using a select query. The issue is that if an entry is updated twice I can only get the latest updated record if I read the table TCJ1T and the previously updated value is lost.

Is there a way to read the old value , new value using DBTABLOG.

Thanks and Regards

Ashwin

[Former Member]

Try with select command accepting duplicates,so that you will get all values

[ashwin_bhat]

Hi Seshu,

I use the select query to read from main table. I read all vaues from DBTABLOG.

There is a single entry in a Table say TCJ1T with a particular primary key.

say EN : LA : Logical Accounting

If I make 3 changes to the text Logical accounting

Logical accounting -> Logical accounting1

Logical accounting1 -> Logical accounting2

Logical accounting2 -> Logical accounting3

Now my 3 DBTABLOG entries in logdata field contains the values Logical accounting,Logical accounting1,Logical accounting2 ( old value of the field that was updated ). I will get the new value Logical accounting3 from the table but not from the logdata field of DBTABLOG.

The issue here is that I can only use DBTABLOG to read the old values of an updated record.

[Former Member]

Can i see ur logic ?

[ashwin_bhat]

TYPE-POOLS : stprt.

DATA : tables_list TYPE HASHED TABLE OF stprt_tlist WITH UNIQUE KEY tab, table_list TYPE stprt_tlist.

DATA : log TYPE stprt_log_stable_type, log_wa TYPE dbtablog.

• Internal table structures for main data

DATA: BEGIN OF st_tcj1tdata,

logdate LIKE dbtablog-logdate,

logtime LIKE dbtablog-logtime,

optype LIKE dbtablog-optype,

langu LIKE tcj1t-langu,

prart LIKE tcj1t-prart,

pratx LIKE tcj1t-pratx,

END OF st_tcj1tdata.

• Internal tables for main data

DATA: it_tcj1tdata LIKE TABLE OF st_tcj1tdata,

wa_tcj1tdata LIKE st_tcj1tdata.

PARAMETERS: p_tabnm(30).

*----

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• Data Processing

*----

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• get table name from user

table_list-tab = p_tabnm.

*Append table name

INSERT table_list INTO TABLE tables_list.

• read the log records from table dbtablog

• Time interval to be changed

CALL FUNCTION 'DBLOG_READ_TABLE'

EXPORTING

from_day = sy-datum

• FROM_TIME = '000000'

to_day = sy-datum

• TO_TIME = '235959'

obj_list = tables_list

• USER_LIST =

• LOG_KEYS =

CHANGING

log_list = log.

• PERFORMS

TRANSLATE p_tabnm TO UPPER CASE.

PERFORM get_tcj1t_data.

FORM get_tcj1t_data.

DATA: l_langu LIKE tcj1t-langu,

l_prart LIKE tcj1t-prart.

CLEAR wa_tcj1tdata.

REFRESH it_tcj1tdata.

LOOP AT log INTO log_wa.

• WRITE : / log_wa-logdata.

• Convert the hex data into string

loc_xstring = log_wa-logdata.

CALL METHOD cl_abap_conv_in_ce=>create

EXPORTING

input = loc_xstring

encoding = 'UTF-8'

replacement = '?'

ignore_cerr = abap_true

RECEIVING

conv = loc_conv.

TRY.

CALL METHOD loc_conv->read

IMPORTING

data = loc_string.

CATCH cx_sy_conversion_codepage.

*-- Should ignore errors in code conversions

CATCH cx_sy_codepage_converter_init.

*-- Should ignore errors in code conversions

CATCH cx_parameter_invalid_type.

CATCH cx_parameter_invalid_range.

ENDTRY.

*Read the primary keys

l_langu = loc_string+3(1).

l_prart = loc_string+4(2).

SELECT SINGLE pratx

FROM tcj1t INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF wa_tcj1tdata

WHERE langu = l_langu

AND prart = l_prart.

wa_tcj1tdata-langu = l_langu.

wa_tcj1tdata-prart = l_prart.

wa_tcj1tdata-logdate = log_wa-logdate.

wa_tcj1tdata-logtime = log_wa-logtime.

wa_tcj1tdata-optype = log_wa-optype.

APPEND wa_tcj1tdata TO it_tcj1tdata.

CLEAR wa_tcj1tdata.

ENDLOOP.

• Display Output

LOOP AT it_tcj1tdata INTO wa_tcj1tdata.

WRITE: / wa_tcj1tdata-optype, wa_tcj1tdata-langu, wa_tcj1tdata-prart, wa_tcj1tdata-pratx.

ENDLOOP.

ENDFORM. " get_TCJ1T_data

[Former Member]

Hi Ashwin,

i m facing same kind of problem, hw did u solve it,

Pls let me know i m in urgency of it,

thx a lot in advance

[Former Member]

Hi Ashwin,

I tried your code, I am getting output like #8#0#0# # #2#0#0#8#1#2#1#2#...... .

I used the same code without any change.

Can u help me in this if you have done something else?

Or if possible can I see the final code?

Thanks...

Umesh

[ThomasZloch]

Age old thread, and what is the added benefit over transaction SCU3?

[ashwin_bhat]

The issue was solved when I noticed the behaviour of DBTABLOG after transport.

When we transport our customizing request from System A to system B then on System B only the latest Update entry gets made. Hence I used this entry to read from main table.