read table dbtable

[Former Member]

Hello Experts,

I am "read table dbtable" in a program and iam getting an error that 'field does not eixts'. Can anybody please let me know what is the reason?

Thanks a lot for you help.

Code:

DB table <b>ZTABLE</b> has the following fields:

KUNNR

BSTNK

VBELN

POSNR

MATNR

MAKTX

ZZWKTNR2

PRSDT

ZNEWDT

ERNAM

ZPOSTDT

ZPOSTTIME

data: i_ztable like ztable occurs 0 with header line.

sort i_ztable by kunnr bstnk vbeln posnr matnr zzwktnr2.

  if not i_ztable is initial.
*   loop at i_ztable.
     read table ztable with key
            kunnr = i_ztable-kunnr
            bstnk = i_ztable-bstnk
            vbeln = i_ztable-chargeback
            posnr = i_ztable-posnr
            matnr = i_ztable-matnr
            zzwktnr2 = i_ztable-zzwktnr2
            binary search.
* endloop.

During syntax check it's giving error: <i>The field KUNNR is unknown</i>.

[Former Member]

Sam,

You can not use READ Statement on DBTABLE, you can only use on Internal tables.

Regards,

Satish

[Former Member]

You can do like this

data: wa type ztable.
Select single * from ztable into wa where 
            kunnr = i_ztable-kunnr and
            bstnk = i_ztable-bstnk and
            vbeln = i_ztable-chargeback and
            posnr = i_ztable-posnr and
            matnr = i_ztable-matnr and
            zzwktnr2 = i_ztable-zzwktnr2.

Regards,

Satish

[Former Member]

Thanks Satish for the response. But when I looked in SAP HELP, it's mentioned in that you can use 'Read' Statement on Database Tables. Isn't it true?

[Former Member]

It is true, but not recommended. Use SELECTs instead.

Rob

[former_member195698]

Can you please provide the link

[Former Member]

> Thanks Satish for the response. But when I looked in

> SAP HELP, it's mentioned in that you can use 'Read'

> Statement on Database Tables. Isn't it true?

In the same help document, also says that it is obsolete and the following statement needs special attention.

<i>For dbtab, you must specify the name of a <b>database table that begins with "T" and is not longer than five characters</b>. The table work area must have been declared with statement TABLES for database table dbtab. If a database table is specified that does not begin with "T", then the first letter is implicitly replaced by "T".</i>

[Former Member]

Yes. I haven't paid attention to that comments. Thanks for clearing.

Thanks all for your help.