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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 numeric 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 millisecond. 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 triggered (except in updates). For this reason, WAIT must not be used between Open SQL statements that open or close a database cursor.
• The variants WAIT FOR ASYNCHRONOUS TASKS and WAIT FOR MESSAGING CHANNELS of this statement are useful only when used in combination with callback routines in aRFC or AMC. 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