Trying to get some table data

[Former Member]

Hi

Im pretty new to SAP and RFC so please excuse me if I seem noob.

I have an external application that must use the rfc library to access some data in SAP.

At this moment I use RFCOpen to get a connection to the server (this seem to work correctly).

But now I have to use RFC_READ_TABLE.

to read 3 differents table

MAKT

MARD

MSLB

and idealy I have to read only part of the table (with where clause in sql)

Im using VS2005 c++ with the RFCSDK, and I have no real idea how to use RFC_READ_TABLE

the only thing I know is that I have to set export parameter to something that match what I want, and call callreceive()..

Can someone put me on the right path

Thanks

[Former Member]

I did try to search forum but nothing found

tables[0].ithandle = ItCreate("MAKT", 200, 1, 0);

exporting[0].name = "MAKT";

exporting[1].name = " ";

exporting[2].name = " ";

exporting[3].name = "0";

exporting[4].name = "0";

exporting[5].name = "";

then call callreceive?

Then how can I see value returned in table?

[christine_evans]

This may not help since you're working outside SAP, but here is an example of calling RFC_READ_TABLE from one SAP system to read data from another - on this occasion querying table LFA1 using LIFNR vendor reference (passed into this macro as &1) and sending back KTOKK account group (passed back as &2). The WHERE clause here is LIFNR = "0000190211" and is passed in via the OPTIONS table; the query results are sent back in the DATA table.

DATA: lt_options TYPE TABLE OF rfc_db_opt,
         lv_options TYPE rfc_db_opt,
         lt_fields  TYPE TABLE OF rfc_db_fld,
         ls_fields  TYPE rfc_db_fld,
         lt_data    TYPE TABLE OF tab512,
         lv_data    TYPE tab512.

    CLEAR: lt_options,lt_fields, lt_data, lv_options.
    CONCATENATE 'LIFNR = ''' &1 '''' INTO lv_options.
    APPEND lv_options TO lt_options.
    ls_fields-fieldname = 'KTOKK'.
    APPEND ls_fields TO lt_fields.
    CALL FUNCTION 'RFC_READ_TABLE' DESTINATION lv_rfc_dest
       EXPORTING
         query_table          = 'LFA1'
       TABLES
         options              = lt_options
         fields               = lt_fields
         data                 = lt_data
       EXCEPTIONS
         table_not_available  = 1
         table_without_data   = 2
         option_not_valid     = 3
         field_not_valid      = 4
         not_authorized       = 5
         data_buffer_exceeded = 6
         OTHERS               = 7.
    CLEAR: lv_data.
    READ TABLE lt_data INTO lv_data
    INDEX 1.
    &2 = lv_data.

[Former Member]

Hello Julien

Looks like you would specify the fields to be returned somewhere in your 'tables' data structure.

In the ABAP FM interface the table is called FIELDS

If you want you can leave it blank and you will get back all the fields of the table.

The other table that you need to fill is called OPTIONS. This is where you must build your where clause.

Unfortunately I beleive that you can only read one table at a time using this FM.

Regards

Greg Kern

[Former Member]

What you mean by one table? like MAKT table but many rows right?

I dont have any fields or options table..

I have to create new indexes of rfc_tables and give them FIELDS name? like I did with exporting(which im not sure is the right way)?

thanks again

[Former Member]

Hello Julien,

Yes, one table many rows.

What does the variable/structure 'tables' look like from your side?

I do not know how you defined exporting but you may need to do something similar for tables.

Regards

Greg Kern

[Former Member]

I know the two fields i need they are MATNR and MAKTX but I dont know the max size of them

in Options tables I created how do I put where clause? I do ItAppLine(tablehandler)

then write to this like something like MATNR = 'EU-0339B'??

[Former Member]

Hello Julien,

MATNR is defined as an 18 character string

MAKTX is defined as a 40 character string.

I am sorry but I cannot help with the where clause.

Christine's example shows how to pass the where clause in ABAP. That's about all I know.

Regards

Greg Kern

[Former Member]

Thank you Greg

Now im able to reproduce the same result each time.

tables[0].name = "OPTIONS";

tables[0].nlen = 7;

tables[0].type = TYPC;

tables[0].leng = 100;

tables[0].itmode = RFC_ITMODE_BYREFERENCE;

tables[0].ithandle = ItCreate("OPTIONS", 100, 0, 0);

tables[1].name = "FIELDS";

tables[1].nlen = 6;

tables[1].type = TYPC;

tables[1].leng = 100;

tables[1].itmode = RFC_ITMODE_BYREFERENCE;

tables[1].ithandle = ItCreate("FIELDS", 100, 0, 0);

tables[2].name = "DATA";

tables[2].nlen = 4;

tables[2].type = TYPC;

tables[2].leng = 58;

tables[2].itmode = RFC_ITMODE_BYREFERENCE;

tables[2].ithandle = ItCreate("DATA", 10000, 0, 0);

exporting[0].name = "QUERY_TABLE";

exporting[0].nlen = strlen("QUERY_TABLE");

exporting[0].addr = "MAKT";

exporting[0].leng = strlen("MAKT");

exporting[0].type = RFCTYPE_CHAR;

exporting[1].name = "DELIMITER";

exporting[1].nlen = strlen("DELIMITER");

exporting[1].addr = " ";

exporting[1].leng = strlen(" ");

exporting[1].type = RFCTYPE_CHAR;

exporting[2].name = "NO_DATA";

exporting[2].nlen = strlen("NO_DATA");

exporting[2].addr = " ";

exporting[2].leng = strlen(" ");

exporting[2].type = RFCTYPE_CHAR;

exporting[3].name = "ROWSKIPS";

exporting[3].nlen = strlen("ROWSKIPS");

exporting[3].addr = " ";

exporting[3].leng = strlen(" ");

exporting[3].type = RFCTYPE_CHAR;

exporting[4].name = "ROWCOUNT";

exporting[4].nlen = strlen("ROWCOUNT");

exporting[4].addr = " ";

exporting[4].leng = strlen(" ");

exporting[4].type = RFCTYPE_CHAR;

exporting[5].name = NULL;

RfcCallReceive(RFC_Handle, "RFC_READ_TABLE", exporting, importing, tables, &ex);

if(rfc_rc != RFC_OK)

RFC_ERROR_INFO error_info;

char * ptr;

RfcLastError(&error_info);

with this I get System Failure each time in error_info

and the message say something about fields lenght is invalid.

i got the table and a handle created with 100 of size

but no row created (same as options)

[Former Member]

Incorrect field length for 'Remote Function Call'.

this is the message I get when i call it

what is the correct field lenght? I dont want to specify any fields so I get them all

thanks

[Former Member]

Fields has the following structure

FIELDNAME CHAR 30 0 Field Name

OFFSET NUMC 6 0 Offset of a field

LENGTH NUMC 6 0 Length (No. of Characters)

TYPE CHAR 1 0 ABAP data type (C,D,N,...)

FIELDTEXT CHAR 60 0 Short Description of Repository Objects

Options: ( must be filled with the where cllause)

TEXT CHAR 72 0 Text line of a message

Data: ( the returned data)

WA CHAR 512 0 Character field length 512

Regards

Greg Kern

[Former Member]

great

must I specify the offset and length of each field i want?

and you know how you define a NUMC type variable in the code(48bit?)? with this I could make a fields struct for each field I need.

And thanks again each time im more close to something functional 😛

[Former Member]

Don't think you need to specify offset. When I test from within an SAP system

I just leave blank.

Not sure about delcaring NUMC externally. NUMC is really just a character string that can

only contain numerics.

Regards

Greg Kern

[Former Member]

Hello all,

did I understand the following correctly:

For the parameter transfer tables are used, especial for the sql statement. If I let it free, will RFC_READ_TABLE do a "select *" on the chosen table?

During my searches I found some hints, that RFC_READ_TABLE is not compatible with unicode C requests, is this correct?

Is there any other, maybe easier way, to read simple table data by RFC C programm?

[Former Member]

Hello Julien

A minimal call to RFC_READ_TABLE needs to include:

QUERY_TABLE - the table name to read

OPTIONS - an ABAP internal table. each line will be a line of the sql where.

FIELDS - an ABAP internal table containing the names of the fields to retrieve data for.

DATA - the data returned by the function.

eg QUERY_TABLE --- PA0001

OPTIONS --- PERNR = 999999 ( any valid value for PERNR)

FIELDS --- PERNR (return PERNR)

Not sure of the details from the external side .

Hope this helps a bit

Regards

Greg Kern

[Former Member]

Thanks but for this i have to use more than 1 RFC_TABLE??

at this moment I got this now

tables[0].itmode = RFC_ITMODE_BYREFERENCE;

tables[0].ithandle = ItCreate("MAKT", 100, 1, 0);

exporting[0].name = "QUERY_TABLE";

exporting[0].nlen = strlen("QUERY_TABLE");

exporting[0].addr = "MAKT";

exporting[0].leng = strlen("MAKT");

exporting[0].type = RFCTYPE_CHAR;

exporting[1].name = "DELIMITER";

exporting[1].nlen = strlen("DELIMITER");

exporting[1].addr = " ";

exporting[1].leng = strlen(" ");

exporting[1].type = RFCTYPE_CHAR;

exporting[2].name = "NO_DATA";

exporting[2].nlen = strlen("NO_DATA");

exporting[2].addr = " ";

exporting[2].leng = strlen(" ");

exporting[2].type = RFCTYPE_CHAR;

exporting[3].name = "ROWSKIPS";

exporting[3].nlen = strlen("ROWSKIPS");

exporting[3].addr = " ";

exporting[3].leng = strlen(" ");

exporting[3].type = RFCTYPE_CHAR;

exporting[4].name = "ROWCOUNT";

exporting[4].nlen = strlen("ROWCOUNT");

exporting[4].addr = " ";

exporting[4].leng = strlen(" ");

exporting[4].type = RFCTYPE_CHAR;

exporting[5].name = NULL;

RfcCallReceive(RFC_Handle, "RFC_READ_TABLE", exporting, &importing, tables, &ex);

But I get memory violation error at the call,

In where do i put the field option in table?

Thanks alot for helping

[Former Member]

Hi Julien. I'm trying to do something fairly similar i.e. connect to a SAP system with C+. I have more knowledge on the SAP side than with C+. If you're still struggling with this then let me know and I'm sure we can work a solution out together. John