what does @ work area mean in ABAP select, How is it different?

[vardhan_naik3]

Hi ,

I came across the below statement in one of the sample ABAP codes. I could not understand the bind variable @

how is this bind variable @ different to traditional work area target?

DATA ls_bupa_reminder TYPE ty_bupa_figure.

SELECT bp_id,

          company_name

     FROM snwd_bpa

     INTO (@ls_bupa_reminder-bupa_id, @ls_bupa_reminder-company_name)

        .                                                "#EC CI_NOWHERE

Thanks

Vardhan

[Sandra_Rossi]

It activates the "strict mode", as of 7.40, it's all explained here: ABAP Keyword Documentation - Open SQL - Release-Dependent Syntax Check Modes. New powerful constructs are allowed, and it allows distinguishing between table field names and data object names, and the Open SQL is required to be a little bit more SQL-like. In your case, it is only required because of the comma between bp_id and company_name, but we could still write it the old way (without @ and without the comma).

[vardhan_naik3]

Thanks Sandra.

As I understood we may need it to access CDS views, DDL views created in ABAP Core Data Services.

Vardhan