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WAIT UP TO

Short Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax


WAIT UP TO sec SECONDS.

Effect

This statement interrupts the execution of the program by the number of seconds specified in sec. sec is a numerical expression position of operand type i to which positive numbers (and 0) can be passed. The unit of the number in sec is seconds and the time resolution is one second. After the specified time has passed, the program continues with the statement following WAIT.

Return Codes

This statement always sets sy-subrc to 0.


Notes

  • Each time the statement WAIT is used, a database commit is performed. For this reason, WAIT must not be used between Open SQL statements that open or close a database cursor.
  • This statement also has the variant WAIT UNTIL designed only to be used with callback routines and aRFC, and which uses a greater time resolution. The variant shown here does not wait for callback routines.

Exceptions


Non-Catchable Exceptions

  • Cause: Negative time specified for sec.
    Runtime Error: WAIT_ILLEGAL_TIME_LIMIT