SY - System fields and return codes in ABAP

[Former Member]

Hi

I'm new to ABAP, where do I find what the meaning of the system field return codes are ?

example SY-SUBRC returns a number of codes 0, 2, 4, 8 etc what do they mean.

Is there a resource somewhere that provides this information for all the system fields.

I have searched high and low and have found little, they must be defined somwhere ?

cheers Hugh

[Former Member]

Use this.

[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/7b/fb96c8882811d295a90000e8353423/content.htm]

[GauthamV]

Use this.

[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/7b/fb96c8882811d295a90000e8353423/content.htm]

[Former Member]

SY-SUBRC is different based on the command that sets it. So it is docuemtned for each command, not in general.

Rob

[former_member376453]

Hi - Welcome to SDN. You can search the forum before posting a question, to get quick resolution. Check the below link :

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/7b/fb96c8882811d295a90000e8353423/frameset.htm

[RichHeilman]

Here is a listing of all of the system fields.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm50/helpdata/en/7b/fb96c8882811d295a90000e8353423/frameset.htm

As for what the return codes( 0, 4, 😎 for SY-SUBRC mean, that is a little tricky. The meanings of the values are dependent on what statement was used previously. They would mean different things when used with different statements. For example, if you check SY-SUBRC after a FIND statement, the return code value 4, would mean something different than if you had check the SY-SUBRC value after doing an OPEN DATASET. So you need to look at the specific statements in help.sap.com and see what it says about the SY-SUBRC values for each statement.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm50/helpdata/en/43/41341147041806e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

hello there,

well..when you try to retrieve data from database table its always either 0 or 4.

as 0< always success no matter where u use it.

and 8 is returned when you try to read the file from application server and its unsuccessful.

[matt]

In addition to the above - if you go to SE11 and enter SYST in the "Data Type" field and display, you'll get all the system fields, with description.

matt

[Former Member]

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[Former Member]

Thanks for the Info. I think my original searches were too generic !