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PROVIDE - Quick reference

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Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

PROVIDE FIELDS {|{comp1 comp2 ...}} 

               FROM itab1 INTO wa1 VALID flag1 ... 

               BOUNDS intliml1 AND intlimu1 

               [WHERE log_exp1] 

        FIELDS {|{comp1 comp2 ...}} 

               FROM itab2 INTO wa2 VALID flag2 

               BOUNDS intliml2 AND intlimu2 

               [WHERE log_exp2] 

               ... 
        BETWEEN extliml AND extlimu 

        [INCLUDING GAPS]. 
  ... 
ENDPROVIDE. 

Effect

Evaluates a join of special internal tables in a loop. The join is based on overlapping value intervals in the internal tables involved.

Additions

• FIELDS {*|{comp1 comp2 ...}}
  Specifies the columns to be read.
• FROM itab1 ... FROM itab2 ...
  Specifies the internal tables involved.
• INTO wa1 ... INTO wa2 ...
  Specifies work areas for the results.
• VALID flag1 ... VALID flag2 ...
  Specifies whether the intervals of the internal tables in the current loop overlap or not.
• BOUNDS intliml1 AND intlimu1 ... BOUNDS intliml2 AND intlimu2 ...
  Specifies two special columns for every internal table, whose values must be interpreted as limits of closed intervals.
• WHERE log_exp1 ... WHERE log_exp2 ...
  Specifies conditions using logical expressions: log_exp1, log_exp2, ... and so on.
• BETWEEN extliml AND extlimu
  Specifies an outer interval.
• INCLUDING GAPS
  Runs the loop for non-overlapping intervals as well.