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Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

IMPORT { {p1 = dobj1 p2 = dobj2 ...} 

       | {p1 TO dobj1  p2 TO dobj2 ...} 

       | (ptab) } 
  FROM { { DATA BUFFER xstr } 

       | { INTERNAL TABLE itab } 

       | { MEMORY ID id } 

       | { DATABASE    
 dbtab(ar) [TO wa] [CLIENT cl] 

                 
                 {ID id}|{MAJOR-ID id1 [MINOR-ID id2]} } 

       | { SHARED MEMORY dbtab(ar) [TO wa] [CLIENT cl] ID id } 

       | { SHARED BUFFER dbtab(ar) [TO wa] [CLIENT cl] ID id } } 

       [ { { { {[ACCEPTING PADDING] [ACCEPTING TRUNCATION]} 

             |  [IGNORING STRUCTURE BOUNDARIES] } 

             [ IGNORING CONVERSION ERRORS 

               [REPLACEMENT CHARACTER rc] ] } 

         | [IN CHAR-TO-HEX MODE] } ] 

       [CODE PAGE INTO cp] 
       [ENDIAN INTO endian]. 

Effect

Imports a data cluster into the data objects dobj1, dobj2, ...

Additions

• {p1 = dobj1 p2 = dobj2 ...}|{p1 TO dobj1 p2 TO dobj2 ...}|(ptab)
  Selects the data to be read by statically specifying individual parameters using p1 = dobj1 p2 = dobj2 ... or p1 TO dobj1 p2 TO dobj2 ... or by specifying them dynamically in an internal table ptab.
• DATA BUFFER xstr
  Specifies a data cluster stored as a byte sequence in xstr.
• INTERNAL TABLE itab
  Specifies a data cluster stored in an internal table itab.
• MEMORY
  Specifies a data cluster stored in the ABAP Memory.
• DATABASE dbtab(ar) [CLIENT cl]
  Specifies a data cluster stored in a database table dbtab in the area ar with the client ID cl.
• {SHARED MEMORY}|{SHARED BUFFER} dbtab(ar) [CLIENT cl]
  Specifies a data cluster stored in an application buffer in the shared memory of the current AS Instance addressed using the name of a database table dbtab, an area ar, and a client ID cl. These two alternatives have different displacement mechanisms.
• ID id
  Specifies the identifier id of the data cluster.
• MAJOR-ID id1 [MINOR-ID id2]
  Obsolete: Specifies the identification id of a data cluster in database tables using a pattern.
• TO wa
  Specifies a work area wa for including details about the data cluster.
• ACCEPTING PADDING
  Enables data to be exported to longer target fields.
• ACCEPTING TRUNCATION
  Enables data to be exported to shorter target fields.
• IGNORING STRUCTURE BOUNDARIES
  Enables data to be exported to structures with different boundaries.
• IGNORING CONVERSION ERRORS [REPLACEMENT CHARACTER rc]
  Suppresses non-handleable exceptions when converting to the target code page, where rc specifies a replacement character for characters that cannot be converted.
• IN CHAR-TO-HEX MODE
  Enables character-like data to be exported to byte sequences.
• CODE PAGE INTO cp
  Returns the code page for the data cluster in cp.
• ENDIAN INTO endian
  Returns the byte order of the data cluster in endian.