Upload data from flat file into internal table

[Former Member]

Hi friends,

I want to upload the data from a flat file into internal table , but the problem is that all the columns in that flat file are seperated by "|" character instead of tabs.

Plz help me out.........

[Former Member]

HEllo,

DO like this.

  CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
  EXPORTING
  FILENAME = LV_FILENAME
  FILETYPE = 'ASC'
  HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR = 'X'  " Check here
* HEADER_LENGTH = '1'
* READ_BY_LINE = 'X'
* DAT_MODE = ' '
* CODEPAGE = ' '
* IGNORE_CERR = ABAP_TRUE
* REPLACEMENT = '#'
* CHECK_BOM = ' '
* IMPORTING
* FILELENGTH =
* HEADER =
  TABLES
  DATA_TAB = IT_COJRNL
  EXCEPTIONS
  FILE_OPEN_ERROR = 1
  FILE_READ_ERROR = 2
  NO_BATCH = 3
  GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER = 4
  INVALID_TYPE = 5
  NO_AUTHORITY = 6
  UNKNOWN_ERROR = 7
  BAD_DATA_FORMAT = 8
  HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED = 9
  SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED = 10
  HEADER_TOO_LONG = 11
  UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR = 12
  ACCESS_DENIED = 13
  DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY = 14
  DISK_FULL = 15
  DP_TIMEOUT = 16
  OTHERS = 17
  .
  IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
    WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
  ENDIF.

VAsanth

[Former Member]

My fields are seperated by a symbol "|" not tab .

and the file is in TXT format.

so this line HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR = 'X' " Check here

is not working here

[Former Member]

Hi

i have a problem with PERNO ,

in role EMP PERNo is a standard field, when i entered data in BP it is taking input , but in table BUT000 it is not desplaying,

i added the same field for MKK role , which has a additional field ,

but this accepting the data BP , but showing in 00 in BUT000,

is this a mistake in config or it is done by abap code only ?

please , its urgent

full points will be in waiting

[uwe_schieferstein]

Hello Archit

First of all you should use the static method CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES=>GUI_UPLOAD instead of the function module because the method is already Unicode-enabled.

You have to set parameter HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR = ' ' (space) because your data are NOT separated by Tabs.

Check in the debugger how the character "|" is represented. Based on the character table on my Windows XP desktop "I" corresponds to U+007C.

For converting the data you can use function module TEXT_CONVERT_TEX_TO_SAP using "|" as field separator (parameter I_FIELD_SEPERATOR). However, if the converted data contain any "#" the SAP system interprets the field separator different in your ABAP program and the uploaded file data.

Regards

Uwe