TABLES: *ZTABLE.

[Former Member]

Hi,

I'm new to ABAP and hopefully someone can help me by explaining what is the actual intended usage of the above statement?

Basically what is the main difference between these 2 statements below

1. TABLES *ZTABLE; and

2. TABLES ZTABLE?

Thanks in advance.

Rgds,

Michael M. Woo

[Peter_Inotai]

It just another internal table with different name.

In SAP standard programs normally it's used for the following purpose:

In change mode in ZTABLE you have the old values, in the *ZTABLE you have the new values, what the user entered, so the program can compare if anything was changed or not.

Peter

[Former Member]

Hello Peter / Michael,

There is a slight correction that I must like to make here.

The TABLES statement does not create an internal table. It merely creates a work-area whose structure is defined in the ABAP dictionary.

Regards,

Anand Mandalika.

[Peter_Inotai]

Sorry, you're right...

(I didn't use TABLES statement recently as it's not allowed in ABAP OO.)

Peter