IMPORT

Reference

Syntax

IMPORT { {p1 = dobj1 p2 = dobj2 ...}
       | {p1 TO dobj1  p2 TO dobj2 ...}
       | (ptab) }
  FROM { { DATA BUFFER xstr }
       | { INTERNAL TABLE itab }
       | { MEMORY ID id }
       | { DATABASE      dbtab(ar) [TO wa] [CLIENT cl]
                                   {ID id}|{MAJOR-ID id1 [MINOR-ID id2]}
}
       | { SHARED MEMORY dbtab(ar) [TO wa] [CLIENT cl] ID id }
       | { SHARED BUFFER dbtab(ar) [TO wa] [CLIENT cl] ID id } }
       [ { { { {[ACCEPTING PADDING] [ACCEPTING TRUNCATION]}
             |  [IGNORING STRUCTURE BOUNDARIES] }
             [ IGNORING CONVERSION ERRORS
               [REPLACEMENT CHARACTER rc] ] }
         | [IN CHAR-TO-HEX MODE] } ]
       [CODEPAGE INTO cp]
       [ENDIAN INTO endian].

Effect

Imports a data cluster to the data objects dobj1, dobj2, ...

Additions

• {p1 = dobj1 p2 = dobj2 ...}|{p1 TO dobj1 p2 TO dobj2 ...}|(ptab)
  Chooses the data to be read through static specification of single parameters via p1 = dobj1 p2 = dobj2 ... resp. p1 TO dobj1 p2 TO dobj2 ... or through dynamic specification in an internal table ptab .
  
  
• DATA BUFFER xstr
  Specifies a data cluster stored as a byte sequence in xstr.
  
  
• INTERNAL TABLE itab
  Specifies a data cluster stored in an internal table itab.
  
  
• MEMORY
  Specifies a data cluster stored in the
  ABAP Memory.
  
  
• DATABASE dbtab(ar) [CLIENT cl]
  Specifies a data cluster stored in a database table dbtab in the area ar with the Client Identifier cl
  
  
• {SHARED MEMORY}|{SHARED BUFFER} dbtab(ar) [CLIENT cl]
  Specifies a data cluster which was stored in the application buffer of the shared memory of the application server and which is addressed via the name of a database table dbtab, an area ar and a client identifier cl. These two alternatives have different displacement mechanisms.
  
  
• ID id
  Specifies the identification id of the Data-Cluster.
  
  
• MAJOR-ID id1 [MINOR-ID id2]
  Obsolete: Specifies the identification id of a data cluster in database tables via a sample.
  
  
• TO wa
  Specifies a work area wa for the admission of information to the data cluster.
  
  
• ACCEPTING PADDING
  Allows reading in longer target fields.
  
  
• ACCEPTING TRUNCATION
  Allows reading in shorter target fields.
  
  
• IGNORING STRUCTURE BOUNDARIES
  Allows reading in structures with a different design.
  
  
• IGNORING CONVERSION ERRORS [REPLACEMENT CHARACTER rc]
  Suppresses exceptions that cannot be handled when converting to the target code page, where rc specifies a replacement character for characters that cannot be converted.
  
  
• IN CHAR-TO-HEX MODE
  Allows reading of character-type data in byte sequences.
  
  
• CODEPAGE INTO cp
  Returns the code page for the data cluster in cp.
  
  
• ENDIAN INTO endian
  Returns the byte sequence of the data cluster in endian.