‎2007 Jan 13 8:11 PM
Hi ,
if sy-subrc eq 0 means it contains values in database,
eq 4 Means It contains NO values ,
What About For 8,12 ...
Regs ,
Murthy
‎2007 Jan 13 8:18 PM
HI Murthy,
Its all depends on the statements.
Refer to this link
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/7b/fb96c8882811d295a90000e8353423/frameset.htm
SY-SUBRC
Return value set by the following ABAP statements. In general, a content of 0 means that the statement was executed without problems.
· ASSIGNsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if assignment to field symbol is possible, otherwise 4.
· ASSIGN dref->* sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if dereferencing is possible, otherwise 4.
· AUTHORITY-CHECK sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the user has the necessary authorization, otherwise 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, or 36 depending on the cause.
· CALL DIALOG with USING sets SY-SUBRC to 0, if processing was successful, otherwise <>0.
· CALL FUNCTION sets SY-SUBRC according to the exception handling.
· CALL METHOD sets SY-SUBRC according to the exception handling.
· CALL SELECTION-SCREEN sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the user chose Enter or Execute and 4 if the user chose Cancel.
· CALL TRANSACTION with USING sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if processing was successful, otherwise <>0.
· CATCH SYSTEM-EXCEPTIONS sets SY-SUBRC if there are runtime errors after the ENDCATCH statement. The value is specified in the program.
· COMMIT WORK sets SY-SUBRC to 0.
· COMMIT WORK AND WAIT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if update was successful, otherwise <>0.
· COMMUNICATION INIT DESTINATION RETURNCODE sets SY-SUBRC as specified.
· CONCATENATE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the result fits into target variable, otherwise 4.
· CREATE OBJECT sets SY-SUBRC if the exceptions of the instance constructor are handled.
· CREATE OBJECT in OLE2 sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if an external object was created, otherwise 1,2, 3 with different causes.
· DELETEsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4 or <> 0 depending on cause.
· DEMAND MESSAGES INTO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if a message table is empty, otherwise <> 0.
· DESCRIBE LIST sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if row or list exists, otherwise 4 or 8.
· EXEC SQL - ENDEXEC sets SY-SUBRC to 0 in almost all cases. Only if no set was read with FETCH is SY-SUBRC 4.
· FETCHsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one row was read, otherwise 4.
· GENERATE SUBROUTINE POOL sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if generation was successful, otherwise 8.
· GET CURSOR sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the cursor is correctly positioned, otherwise 4.
· GET PARAMETER sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if value found in SAP Memory, otherwise 4.
· IMPORTsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if import of data objects was successful, otherwise 4.
· INSERTsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4.
· LOAD REPORT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4 or 8 depending on cause.
· LOOPsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if loop over extract was passed at least once, otherwise 4.
· LOOP ATsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if loop over internal table was passed at least once, otherwise 4.
· MODIFYsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4.
· MODIFY LINE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if list row was changed, otherwise <> 0.
· MODIFYsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4.
· OLE2 automation, bundled commands set SY-SUBRC to 0 if all were successfully executed, otherwise 1, 2, 3, 4 depending on cause.
· OPEN DATASET sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the file was opened, otherwise 8.
· Open SQL commands set SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise <>0.
· OVERLAYsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one character is overlayed, otherwise 4.
· READ DATASET sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the read operation was successful, otherwise 4 or 8 depending on cause.
· READ LINE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if list row exists, otherwise <> 0.
· READ TABLE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the table row was found, otherwise 2, 4, 8 depending on cause.
· REPLACEsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if search string could be replaced, otherwise <> 0.
· ROLLBACK WORK always sets SY-SUBRC to 0.
· SCROLLsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if scrolling in list successful, otherwise 4 or 8 depending on cause.
· SEARCHsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if search string was found, otherwise 4.
· SELECTsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one row was read, otherwise 4 or even 8 with SELECT SINGLE FOR UPDATE.
· SET COUNTRY sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if country ID was found in table T005X, otherwise 4.
· SET BITsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if bit was set, otherwise <> 0.
· SET TITLEBAR sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if title exists, otherwise 4.
· SHIFT UP TO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if position was found in character string, otherwise 4.
· SPLITsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if size of target fields is sufficient, otherwise 4.
· UPDATEsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation successful, otherwise 4.
· WRITE TO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if assignment successful, otherwise 4.
Cheers
Manohar
‎2007 Jan 13 8:20 PM
Sy-Subrc has many meanings base on the contex it is used. See the below notes for details.
SY-SUBRC
Return value set by the following ABAP statements. In general, a content of 0 means that the statement was executed without problems.
· ASSIGNsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if assignment to field symbol is possible, otherwise 4.
· ASSIGN dref->* sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if dereferencing is possible, otherwise 4.
· AUTHORITY-CHECK sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the user has the necessary authorization, otherwise 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, or 36 depending on the cause.
· CALL DIALOG with USING sets SY-SUBRC to 0, if processing was successful, otherwise <>0.
· CALL FUNCTION sets SY-SUBRC according to the exception handling.
· CALL METHOD sets SY-SUBRC according to the exception handling.
· CALL SELECTION-SCREEN sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the user chose Enter or Execute and 4 if the user chose Cancel.
· CALL TRANSACTION with USING sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if processing was successful, otherwise <>0.
· CATCH SYSTEM-EXCEPTIONS sets SY-SUBRC if there are runtime errors after the ENDCATCH statement. The value is specified in the program.
· COMMIT WORK sets SY-SUBRC to 0.
· COMMIT WORK AND WAIT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if update was successful, otherwise <>0.
· COMMUNICATION INIT DESTINATION RETURNCODE sets SY-SUBRC as specified.
· CONCATENATE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the result fits into target variable, otherwise 4.
· CREATE OBJECT sets SY-SUBRC if the exceptions of the instance constructor are handled.
· CREATE OBJECT in OLE2 sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if an external object was created, otherwise 1,2, 3 with different causes.
· DELETEsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4 or <> 0 depending on cause.
· DEMAND MESSAGES INTO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if a message table is empty, otherwise <> 0.
· DESCRIBE LIST sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if row or list exists, otherwise 4 or 8.
· EXEC SQL - ENDEXEC sets SY-SUBRC to 0 in almost all cases. Only if no set was read with FETCH is SY-SUBRC 4.
· FETCHsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one row was read, otherwise 4.
· GENERATE SUBROUTINE POOL sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if generation was successful, otherwise 8.
· GET CURSOR sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the cursor is correctly positioned, otherwise 4.
· GET PARAMETER sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if value found in SAP Memory, otherwise 4.
· IMPORTsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if import of data objects was successful, otherwise 4.
· INSERTsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4.
· LOAD REPORT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4 or 8 depending on cause.
· LOOPsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if loop over extract was passed at least once, otherwise 4.
· LOOP ATsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if loop over internal table was passed at least once, otherwise 4.
· MODIFYsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4.
· MODIFY LINE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if list row was changed, otherwise <> 0.
· MODIFYsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise 4.
· OLE2 automation, bundled commands set SY-SUBRC to 0 if all were successfully executed, otherwise 1, 2, 3, 4 depending on cause.
· OPEN DATASET sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the file was opened, otherwise 8.
· Open SQL commands set SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation was successful, otherwise <>0.
· OVERLAYsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one character is overlayed, otherwise 4.
· READ DATASET sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the read operation was successful, otherwise 4 or 8 depending on cause.
· READ LINE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if list row exists, otherwise <> 0.
· READ TABLE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the table row was found, otherwise 2, 4, 8 depending on cause.
· REPLACEsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if search string could be replaced, otherwise <> 0.
· ROLLBACK WORK always sets SY-SUBRC to 0.
· SCROLLsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if scrolling in list successful, otherwise 4 or 8 depending on cause.
· SEARCHsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if search string was found, otherwise 4.
· SELECTsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one row was read, otherwise 4 or even 8 with SELECT SINGLE FOR UPDATE.
· SET COUNTRY sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if country ID was found in table T005X, otherwise 4.
· SET BITsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if bit was set, otherwise <> 0.
· SET TITLEBAR sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if title exists, otherwise 4.
· SHIFT UP TO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if position was found in character string, otherwise 4.
· SPLITsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if size of target fields is sufficient, otherwise 4.
· UPDATEsets SY-SUBRC to 0 if operation successful, otherwise 4.
· WRITE TO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if assignment successful, otherwise 4.
- Guru
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‎2007 Jan 14 2:56 AM
‎2007 Jan 14 5:42 AM
SY-SUBRC = 8:
No entry was read.
This return code only occurs with a SORTED TABLE or a STANDARD TABLE with the BINARY SEARCH addition. SY-TABIX is set to the number of all entries plus 1.