why does table look empty in debug mode ?

[Former Member]

Hello,

when i am debugging in sap, it seems that some tables are empty, for exmaple, when i want to see the contents of table "DOCUMENTFILES" when i am in debug mode, i see that it is empty, but if i check the contents of "DOCUMENTFILES-FILE_ID" i get an answer/value, so why is that the table appears to be empty when there is actually information in it ?

Thanks

[Former Member]

In the Debug mode, plz use the syntax :

DOCUMENTFILES[]

You'll directly see if empty or not...

Erwan

[Former Member]

Hi hassan,

DOCUMENTFILES-FILE_ID shows the contents of the work area DOCUMENTFILES.

Even if the table is empty the work area might contain some value, as a result of a select in to work area.. or some read statement..

regards

satesh

[bettinasilveira]

Like the other posters said, you are seeing a value in the WA, but that doesn't mean that the table has information in it.

That data you are seeing could be an old value or maybe it's part of a future row and the program is filling the row at that moment.

Hope this helps you...