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gram77
gram77

Reputation: 531

Error in MODIFY TABLE clause in ABAP code

Error at modify table clause. What is wrong here. I suspect it has something to do with having a unique key- colb.

DATA : BEGIN OF line1,
   cola TYPE i,
   colb TYPE i,
   END OF line1.
DATA mytable1 LIKE HASHED TABLE OF line1 WITH UNIQUE KEY colb.

DO 4 TIMES.
   line1-cola = sy-index.
   line1-colb = sy-index ** 2.
   INSERT line1 INTO TABLE mytable1.
ENDDO.

line1-colb = 80.
**MODIFY TABLE mytable1 FROM line1 TRANSPORTING colb
where (colb > 2) and (cola < 5).**

LOOP AT mytable1 INTO line1.
   WRITE :/ line1-cola, line1-colb.
ENDLOOP.

Error:
".", "ASSIGNING <fs>", "REFERENCE INTO data-reference", or "ASSIGNING            
<fs> CASTING" expected after "COLB".            

Note: Error line is in bold. The error is shown in red.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4536

Answers (2)

Nelson Miranda
Nelson Miranda

Reputation: 5564

@vwegert is right, you can't change the key values in HASHED and SORTED tables. On the other hand your error is syntactical. If you change:

MODIFY TABLE mytable1 FROM line1 TRANSPORTING colb where colb > 2 and cola < 5.

For

MODIFY mytable1 FROM line1 TRANSPORTING colb where colb > 2 and cola < 5. "'TABLE' word omitted

It is also a syntactical error, however, SAP will show you the error more clearly:

You cannot change the search key using "MODIFY". "COLB" is contained in the table key of "MYTABLE1".

Check the documentation. When specifying a condition (or including a 'WHERE') in 'MODIFY' statement you should not use the word 'TABLE'.

If you still want to modify the key field then change the internal table as 'STANDARD' like this:

DATA mytable1 LIKE STANDARD TABLE OF line1 WITH KEY colb.

Hope it helps.

Upvotes: 0

vwegert
vwegert

Reputation: 18493

This has been in the documentation for a very long time:

You may not use a key field as a TRANSPORTING field with HASHED or SORTED tables.

Upvotes: 1

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