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TABLES: *ZTABLE.

Former Member

‎2004 Dec 16 8:34 AM

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Hi,

I'm new to ABAP and hopefully someone can help me by explaining what is the actual intended usage of the above statement?

Basically what is the main difference between these 2 statements below

1. TABLES *ZTABLE; and

2. TABLES ZTABLE?

Thanks in advance.

Rgds,

Michael M. Woo

Hi,

I'm new to ABAP and hopefully someone can help me by explaining what is the actual intended usage of the above statement?

Basically what is the main difference between these 2 statements below

1. TABLES *ZTABLE; and

2. TABLES ZTABLE?

Thanks in advance.

Rgds,

Michael M. Woo

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Peter_Inotai
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‎2004 Dec 16 8:47 AM

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It just another internal table with different name.

In SAP standard programs normally it's used for the following purpose:

In change mode in ZTABLE you have the old values, in the *ZTABLE you have the new values, what the user entered, so the program can compare if anything was changed or not.

Peter

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Former Member
In response to Peter_Inotai

‎2004 Dec 16 8:51 AM

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Hello Peter / Michael,

There is a slight correction that I must like to make here.

The TABLES statement does not create an internal table. It merely creates a work-area whose structure is defined in the ABAP dictionary.

Regards,

Anand Mandalika.

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Peter_Inotai
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In response to Peter_Inotai

‎2004 Dec 16 8:56 AM

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Sorry, you're right...

(I didn't use TABLES statement recently as it's not allowed in ABAP OO.)

Peter