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Internal Tables - keyname

The name of the table key can be specified in several statements for the processing of internal tables. The table key name can used to access a table row or to control processing. The following syntax applies to the label keyname:

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

... key_name | (name)  ...

Effect

The name of a table key can either be specified directly, as key_name, or dynamically, as the contents of a parenthesized character-like data object name (not case-sensitive).

You can specify:

• a secondary table key using its name

• the primary table key using its predefined name primary_key

• the primary table key using an alias

• the table key used in a LOOP-loop using its predefined name loop_key. In this case, the statement must be executed within the loop.

Notes

• Normally secondary table keys are specified.

• When specifying the primary table key using primary_key, it is important to note that it may be empty for standard tables. This can produce unexpected behavior in statements where the key is used to specify the rows to be processed.