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AMDP - Macro for ABAP Types
Other versions:
7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Syntax
... "$ABAP.type( [name =] abap_type )" ...
Effect
Specifies the predefined AMDP macro $ABAP.type for an ABAP type.
In an AMDP method implemented in SQLScript, the AMDP macro $ABAP.type
can be used to access the ABAP type abap_type. For abap_type, all
elementary non-
generic types can
be specified that are possible after a TYPE addition in an ABAP implementation of the method. These are as follows:
- The built-in ABAP types i, int8, decfloat16, decfloat34, f, string, xstring, d and t.
- All visible elementary types, which are defined with
TYPESat this place, and which are of their own class, a different class or an interface.
- All elementary types defined in ABAP Dictionary such as data elements or elementary components of structured types.
The ABAP runtime environment replaces this expression in accordance with the rules specified in the mapping tables in the corresponding HANA type. abap_type is not case-sensitive.
Examples
The following table shows how some built-in or self-defined ABAP types can be specified in macro $ABAP.type and implemented in HANA types.
| Macro | Conversion |
|---|---|
| "$ABAP.type( int8 )" | BIGINT |
| "$ABAP.type( string )" | NCLOB |
| "$ABAP.type( cl_abap_docu=>name )" | NVARCHAR (70) |
| "$ABAP.type( sy-mandt )" | NVARCHAR (3) |
| "$ABAP.type( s_carrname )" | NVARCHAR (20) |