Select with constants

[Former Member]

In SQL I can use a constant in my selection parameters. Is it possible to do this in ABAP as well? For instance is there a similar way to do the following in ABAP (obviously the following will not compile just an example of what I'm trying to do)?

data: begin of g_itab occurs 0,

order_no like vbap-vbeln,

line_no like vbap-posnr.

data: end of g_itab.

select vbeln '000010' into table g_itab.

[Former Member]

In SQL I can use a constant in my selection parameters. Is it possible to do this in ABAP as well? For instance is there a similar way to do the following in ABAP (obviously the following will not compile just an example of what I'm trying to do)?

data: begin of g_itab occurs 0,

order_no like vbap-vbeln,

line_no like vbap-posnr.

data: end of g_itab.

select vbeln '000010' into table g_itab.

[suresh_datti]

Hi Shaun,

No.. you cannot use constants in the field list..You can revise it as follows..

select vbeln posnr into table g_tab
       from vbap
       where posnr eq '000010'.

Regards,

Suresh Datti

[Former Member]

Thanks for your reply Suresh. I have a way around it but it requires an additional step that I was hoping to avoid. The example you provide below changes actually what I'm trying to do so it wouldn't work. Hopefully SAP supports this in the future.

[suresh_datti]

what exactly are you trying to do?

Suresh

[Former Member]

Suresh.... there are several ways to solve my issue and I've chosen one. You've answered my question and I won't bore you with the details of what I'm trying to do. It was more curiosity than anything. Basically I knew what I was trying to do could be done in standard ANSII SQL but wasn't sure if and how ABAP supported it. I had tried various methods but none worked. Last resort was to post the question here. Thanks again for your follow-up.

[former_member186741]

I think you could do this in native sql.

exec sql.

select blah '0001' from xyz etc.

ENDEXEC.

eg,

DATA: BEGIN OF wa,

connid TYPE spfli-connid,

cityfrom TYPE spfli-cityfrom,

cityto TYPE spfli-cityto,

END OF wa.

DATA c1 TYPE spfli-carrid VALUE 'LH'.

EXEC SQL.

SELECT '0001', cityfrom, cityto

INTO :wa

FROM spfli

WHERE carrid = :c1

ENDEXEC.

WRITE: / wa-connid, wa-cityfrom, wa-cityto.

By the way, Shaun the details won't bore us... your problem and solution may help others with similar issues, please share it if you can.

[suresh_datti]

Have you explored the option of using native SQL in ABAP ie EXEC..ENDEXEC stuff?

Regards,

Suresh Datti