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DATA - TABLE OF
Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Syntax
DATA itab { {TYPE [STANDARD]|SORTED|HASHED TABLE OF [REF TO] type}
| {LIKE [STANDARD]|SORTED|HASHED TABLE OF dobj} }
[tabkeys]
[INITIAL SIZE n]
[VALUE IS INITIAL]
[READ-ONLY].
Effect
This statement defines an internal table. The definition of the row type, table category
STANDARD TABLE, SORTED
TABLE, or HASHED TABLE
and the initial memory size INITIAL SIZE
corresponds exactly to the definition of table categories in the section
TYPES - TABLE OF. Using DATA,
these additions generate a bound table type. The generic types ANY TABLE and INDEX TABLE cannot be used with DATA.
tabkeys is used to define the
table keys of the internal table, which, unlike data types, cannot be generic.
Notes
- When an internal table is created as a data object, only the administration entry for an internal table is generated. The actual table rows are not inserted until runtime.
-
Several obsolete variants for declaring standard tables exist, described under
Obsolete Declarations. In particular, note
the obsolete use of the additions
WITH HEADER LINE and
OCCURS. -
When an internal table is defined, the start value after the
VALUEaddition must beIS INITIAL.
Example
Declares an internal hashed table. The row type corresponds to the structure of the database table SPFLI. Two key fields are defined for the primary table key. The other statements demonstrate how the table is filled with rows from database table SPFLI and how a row is read.
DATA: spfli_tab TYPE HASHED TABLE OF spfli
WITH UNIQUE KEY carrid connid,
spfli_wa LIKE LINE OF spfli_tab.
SELECT *
FROM spfli
INTO TABLE spfli_tab
WHERE carrid = 'LH'.
READ TABLE spfli_tab
WITH TABLE KEY carrid = 'LH' connid = '0400'
INTO spfli_wa.
...