Update and Modify

[Former Member]

Hi All,

What is the difference betwenn "update DB table" and " Modify DB table"?

Plz reply

Regards

Saurabh.

[Former Member]

Update DB table:

Inserts new entries if not available or changes the content.

Modify:

Changes the existing table rows.

[Former Member]

Wenceslaus,

I am sorry but you got it reversed. Update updates the existing records in the database and if a record does not exist, it will fail.

Modify on the other hand will insert the records if the records with the same key does not exist and updates if they exist.

Srinivas

[Former Member]

Update will not insert new records if the records are not there.

[Former Member]

Update database table command will insert a new entry. But MODIFY will check if record already exist, if it exist then it will modify existing record else it will insert new record in db table.

For more details here is screenshot from F1 help -

INSERT - Inserting Data in Database Tables

Variants:

1. INSERT INTO dbtab [CLIENT SPECIFIED] VALUES wa.

INSERT INTO (dbtabname) [CLIENT SPECIFIED] VALUES wa.

2. INSERT dbtab [CLIENT SPECIFIED] FROM TABLE itab. oder

INSERT (dbtabname) [CLIENT SPECIFIED] FROM TABLE itab.

3. INSERT dbtab [CLIENT SPECIFIED]. oder

INSERT *dbtab [CLIENT SPECIFIED]. oder

INSERT (dbtabname) [CLIENT SPECIFIED] ... .

Effect Adds new records to a database table (see relational

database). You can specify the name of the database table

either directly in the program in the form dbtab or at runtime

as the contents of the field dbtabname. In either case, the

database table must be declared in the ABAP Dictionary. You

can only insert data using a view if the view refers to a

single table and has the maintenance status "No restriction"

in the ABAP Dictionary.

By default, data is only inserted in the current client.

However, if you use the CLIENT SPECIFIED addition, you can

switch off the automatic client handling. This enables you to

enter data for any client in a cross-client table, not just in

the client in which you are logged on. In this case, the

client field is treated like a normal field to which you can

assign a value in the work area.

MODIFY - Change a database table

Variants:

1. MODIFY dbtab. or

MODIFY *dbtab. or

MODIFY (dbtabname) ... ..

2. MODIFY dbtab FROM TABLE itab. or

MODIFY (dbtabname) FROM TABLE itab.

3. MODIFY dbtab VERSION vers. or

MODIFY *dbtab VERSION vers.

Effect Inserts new lines or updates existing lines in a database

table (s. relational database). If a line with the specified

primary key already exists, an UPDATE is executed. Otherwise,

an INSERT is performed. You can specify the name of the

database table either in the program itself in the form MODIFY

dbtab ... or at runtime as the contents of the field dbtabname

in the form MODIFY (dbtabname) ... . In both cases, the

database table must be defined in the ABAP Dictionary.

Normally, records are inserted or updated only in the current

client. Data can only be inserted or updated using a view, if

the view refers to a single table and was created in the ABAP

Dictionary with the maintenance status "No restriction".

MODIFY belongs to the Open SQL command set.

When the statement has been executed, the system field

SY-DBCNT contains the number of edited lines.

[jayanthi_jayaraman]

Hi,

Modify:

If the value of key fields in the internal table matches with the key fields values in database table,modify will update the existing entry.Otherwise,it will insert new entry.

Update:

To update db table,it is mandatory that the value of key fields in internal table should match with database table.

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[Former Member]

Hi Saurabh,

To insert lines into a database table regardless of whether there is already a line in the table with

the same primary key .. we use MODIFY..

If the database already contains a line with the same primary key as the line to be inserted,

MODIFY works like UPDATE, that is, the line is changed.

For performance reasons, you should use MODIFY only if you cannot distinguish between these

two options in your ABAP program.

regards

satesh

[Former Member]

Hi Srinivas,

Yes. You are right.

Update DB table:

Changes the existing table rows.

Modify:

Inserts new entries if not available or changes the content.

[Former Member]

Somewhat different syntax. Simply do F1 on each and you'll see the differences.

Rob

[Former Member]

Update is generally used for changing rows in database tables

update vbak set cmgst = 'C' where kunnr = '999999999'

Modify generally relates to internal table changes.

loop at itab into wa.

wa-myField = 'X'.

modify table itab from wa.

endloop.

[Former Member]

HI

<u>MODIFY</u> TO INSERT LINES INTO DATABSE TABLE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PRIMARY KEY OF THIS LINE IS ALREADY EXISTS, USE MODIFY STATEMENTS.

IF THE DATABASE TABLE CONTAINS NO LINE WITH SAME PRIMARY KEY AS THE LINE TO BE INSERTED, MODIFY words LIKE <u>INSERT</u> IS USED.

IF THE DATABASE TABLE ALREADY CONTAINS LINE WITH SAME PRIMARY KEY AS THE LINE TO BE INSERTED,MODIFY words LIKE <u>UPDATE</u> ie THE LINE IS CHANGED

FOR MORE DOCUMENTATION GO THROUGH

<a href="http://www.sappoint.com/faq/faqsql.pdf">http://www.sappoint.com/faq/faqsql.pdf</a>

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REGARDS

ANOOP

[Former Member]

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