Updating a database Table

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Using a function module, i am updating a z-table.

The Ztable will have the following fields.

employee id

name

date

project id

activity id

hrs spent

remarks

Now i will update the table by giving one employe number and details in function module.

If i want to update the data for SAME employee id, the system is overwriting.

I want the table to get more records on the same employee id.

How to do it?

Regards

Pavan

[Former Member]

Hi,

In this case you need to look for some unique keys which are diffrent in case then you use that field to update the table

regards

Shiva

[former_member404244]

Hi,

Try like this

UPDATE ZTABLE FROM TABLE ITAB ACCEPTING DUPLICATE KEYS.

Reward if helpful.

Regards,

Nagaraj

[amit_khare]

Do you have one Key field or more than one.

Make atleast 3 key fields.

[Former Member]

Hi Pavan,

Check your primary key. If your employee id is the primary key for your table means you can not insert duplicate values.

Thanks.

[Former Member]

Hi,

In this case you need to look for some unique keys which are diffrent in case then you use that field to update the table

regards

Shiva

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Thanks for your quick response.

In my table, employee id is a primary key.

I have observed this scenario in CATSDB table. In that table, they have used a field called "counter" to avoid this problem

How to implement the same counter kind of value in my case....????

@ Shiva,

Hi Sir, i am Pavan...your college junior at BEC, bagalkot....

Regards

Pavan

[Former Member]

Hi

how r u?

i was busy with work.

mail me back

regards

[Former Member]

Hi Pavan,

First check the Key fields. When you use <b>UPDATE</b> keyword, it updates all the non-primary key fields based on the primary key combination.

Suppose you want to update even the duplicate entries, use <b>INSERT</b> keyword with the <b>ACCEPTING DUPLICATE KEYS</b>.

Hope this resolves your query.

Regards

Nagaraj

[Former Member]

I am using the code as follows.

1. insert <Ztable> from <WA> accepting duplicate keys.

Error: after <WA>, period is missing.

2. insert <ztable> accepting duplicate keys.

Error: accepting is not a correct word. neither a abap statement nor a standard symbol...!!!

can you help me to some more extent?

Pavan

[Former Member]

Hi Pavan,

Use the following syntax :

<b>INSERT <Z-TABLE> FROM TABLE ITAB ACCEPTING DUPLICATE KEYS</b>.

Hope this resolves your query.

Regards

Nagaraj

[Former Member]

Nagaraj,

I have created an internal table same as the ztable.

now the values are dumped in internal table.

used the stament mentioned by you.

ie

INSERT <Z-TABLE> FROM TABLE ITAB ACCEPTING DUPLICATE KEYS.

While debugging, i can see sy-subrc = 4 after execution of this statement.

Kindly help me........

Regards

Pavan

[Former Member]

Hi Pavan,

The previous syntax was litting misleading.

Use the following syntax :

<b>INSERT INTO <Z-TABLE> FROM TABLE ITAB ACCEPTING DUPLICATE KEYS.</b>

Hope this resolves your query.

Regards

Nagaraj

[Former Member]

Nagaraj,

The statment provided by you doesn't work.

Any other idea?

Regards

Pavan

[Former Member]

Hi Pavan,

My suggestion is to add a key field containing serial number with type NUMC ,

and at every insertion to the table you should ensure this field is unique,

by select max( this_field ) first and then increment the value ,

only then it is valid to have duplicate employee ID in your database table.

It may be possible to create duplicate primary key,

but it is not the standard , isn't it ?

Rgds,

Tuwuh Sih Winedya

Rgds

Tuwuh Sih Winedya

[jayanthi_jayaraman]

Hi,

If you look at CATSDB table, they have made counter as primary key and kept Pernr as non-key field.

Like that you maintain one more field similar to counter.

[Former Member]

Jayanti,

I have gone thorugh the CATSDB Table.

How to make counter kind of field in my ztable?

I believe something needs to be done after defining "counter" filed in the table.

Can anyone guide me....????

Regards

Pavan

[Former Member]

Thanks...