FM parameter is always <Initial> in SE37 - abap

We have a function module which contains an importing parameter IS_USER, which is of type S_USER, S_USER is a structure and contains the following fields:
USER_ID USER_ID CHAR 60
IP_ADDR IP_ADDR CHAR 16
SESSION_ID SESSION_ID CHAR 20
LANGU SPRAS LANG 1
MACHINE_NAME MACHINE_NAME CHAR 128
SAP_PASSPORT SAP_PASSPORT STRING
EXTRA_DATA STRING
When test run the function module in SE37, the parameter IS_USER always have the "<"Intial">" text and no field in it can be modified. Does anyone know what's wrong here?

You need to take the string out of your custom data structure if you want to use SE37 to test your FM. The SE37 test screen doesn't like deep structures.
If you must use a string you'll need to write a test program rather than using SE37.

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Checking against value in a STRING_TABLE in a WHERE clause

I have a procedure with the parameter IT_ATINN:
IMPORTING
REFERENCE(IT_ATINN) TYPE STRING_TABLE
IT_ATINN contains a list of characteristics.
I have the following code:
LOOP AT values_tab INTO DATA(value).
SELECT ( #value-INSTANCE ) AS CUOBJ
FROM IBSYMBOL
WHERE SYMBOL_ID = #value-SYMBOL_ID
AND ATINN ??? "<======== HERE ???
APPENDING TABLE #DATA(ibsymbol_tab).
ENDLOOP.
How can I check if ATINN (in the WHERE clause) is equal to any entry in IT_ATINN?
To achieve what you want (and I assume you want dynamic SELECT fields) you cannot use inline declarations here, both in LOOP and in SELECT:
The structure of the results set must be statically identifiable. The SELECT list and the FROM clause must be specified statically and host variables in the SELECT list must not be generic.
So either you use inline or use dynamics, not both.
Here is the snippet that illustrates Sandra good suggestion:
TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_value_tab,
instance TYPE char18,
symbol_id TYPE id,
END OF ty_value_tab.
DATA: it_atinn TYPE string_table.
DATA: rt_atinn TYPE RANGE OF atinn,
value TYPE ty_value_tab,
values_tab TYPE RANGE OF ty_value_tab,
ibsymbol_tab TYPE TABLE OF ibsymbol.
rt_atinn = VALUE #( FOR value_atinn IN it_atinn ( sign = 'I' option = 'EQ' low = value_atinn ) ).
APPEND VALUE ty_value_tab( instance = 'ATWRT' ) TO values_tab.
LOOP AT values_tab INTO value.
SELECT (value-instance)
FROM ibsymbol
WHERE symbol_id = #value-symbol_id
AND atinn IN #rt_atinn
APPENDING CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE #ibsymbol_tab.
ENDLOOP.
Overall, it makes no sense select ibsymbol in loop, 'cause it has only 8 fields, so you can easily collect all necessary fields from values_tab and pass them as dynamic fieldstring.
If you wanna use alias CUOBJ for your dynamic field you should add it like this:
LOOP AT values_tab INTO value.
DATA(aliased_value) = value-instance && ` AS cuobj `.
SELECT (aliased_value)
...
Remember, that your alias should exists among ibsymbol fields, otherwise in case of static ibsymbol_tab declaration this statement will throw a short dump.

READ TABLE WITH TABLE KEY does not find record

I'm trying to use the class /ui5/cl_json_parser for parsing a JSON string.
The following code snippet reproduces the problem:
REPORT ztest_json_parse.
DATA: input TYPE string,
output TYPE string,
json_parser TYPE REF TO /ui5/cl_json_parser.
input = '{"address":[{"street":"Road","number":"545"},{"street":"Avenue","number":"15"}]}'.
CREATE OBJECT json_parser.
json_parser->parse( input ).
json_parser->print( ).
output = json_parser->value( path = '/address/1/street' ).
WRITE output.
The print method shows the correct parsed JSON string, but the output variable is always empty.
I have traced the code down to the method VALUE of the class /UI5/CL_JSON_PARSER, at line 15, which contains:
read table m_entries into l_entry with table key parent = l_parent name = l_name.
In the debugger, I can see that l_parent = '/address/1' and l_name = 'street', and that the internal table m_entries contains a record with parent = '/address/1' and name = 'street'. Nevertheless the READ statement always returns sy-subrc = 4 and does not find anything.
Can anyone help?
First: Do not use /ui5/cl_json_parser class, it is intended for internal use ONLY and has no reliable documentation
Secondly, here is the sample how you can fetch street value from the first element of your JSON:
DATA(o_json) = cl_abap_codepage=>convert_to( '{"address":[{"street":"Road","number":"545"},{"street":"Avenue","number":"15"}]' ).
DATA(o_reader) = cl_sxml_string_reader=>create( o_json ).
TRY.
DATA(o_node) = o_reader->read_next_node( ).
WHILE o_node IS BOUND.
DATA(op) = CAST if_sxml_open_element( o_node ).
LOOP AT op->get_attributes( ) ASSIGNING FIELD-SYMBOL(<a>).
DATA(attr) = <a>->get_value( ).
ENDLOOP.
IF attr <> 'street'.
o_node = o_reader->read_next_node( ).
ELSE.
DATA(val) = CAST if_sxml_value_node( o_reader->read_next_node( ) ).
WRITE: '/address/1/street =>', val->get_value( ).
EXIT.
ENDIF.
ENDWHILE.
CATCH cx_root INTO DATA(e_txt).
ENDTRY.
As far as I know, there is no class in ABAP that allows fetching single JSON attributes like XPath.
Certainly agree with Suncatcher on avoid UI5 Json parser.
If you dont control/know the structure of the source data, Suncatchers answer is good.
However,
if you know the basic structure of the source JSON and you must, if you plan to access the first address row, fieldname street .
AND you can have the source provided using uppercase variable names then you can use the so called identity transformation.
types: begin of ty_addr,
street type string,
number type string,
end of ty_addr.
types ty_addr_t type STANDARD TABLE OF ty_addr.
DATA: input TYPE string,
ls_addr TYPE ty_addr,
lt_addr type ty_addr_t.
input = '{"ADDRESS":[{"STREET":"Road","NUMBER":"545"},{"STREET":"Avenue","NUMBER":"15"}]}'.
CALL TRANSFORMATION id SOURCE XML input
RESULT address = lt_addr.
read table lt_addr index 1 into ls_addr.
WRITE ls_addr-street.

Dynamic INTO clause in OpenSQL?

I'm attempting to write a program that will grab the content from fields from a table both specified by the user on the selection screen.
For example, the user could specify the fields equnr, b_werk, b_lager from the table eqbs.
I've been able to accomplish this like so:
" Determine list of fields provided by user
DATA(lv_fields) = COND string(
WHEN p_key3 IS NOT INITIAL AND p_string IS NOT INITIAL THEN
|{ p_key1 }, { p_key2 }, { p_key3 }, { p_string }|
WHEN p_key2 IS NOT INITIAL AND p_string IS NOT INITIAL THEN
|{ p_key1 }, { p_key2 }, { p_string }|
WHEN p_key2 IS NOT INITIAL AND p_string IS NOT INITIAL THEN
|{ p_key1 }, { p_string }| ).
DATA: lv_field_tab TYPE TABLE OF line.
APPEND lv_fields TO lv_field_tab.
" Determine table specified by user and prepare for Open SQL query
DATA t_ref TYPE REF TO data.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <t> TYPE any,
<comp> TYPE any.
CREATE DATA t_ref TYPE (p_table).
ASSIGN t_ref->* TO <t>.
ASSIGN COMPONENT lv_fields OF STRUCTURE <t> TO <comp>.
" Prepare result container
DATA: lt_zca_str_to_char TYPE TABLE OF zca_str_to_char,
ls_zca_str_to_char TYPE zca_str_to_char.
SELECT (lv_field_tab) FROM (p_table) INTO (#ls_zca_str_to_char-key1, #ls_zca_str_to_char-key2, #ls_zca_str_to_char-key3, #ls_zca_str_to_char-string).
APPEND ls_zca_str_to_char TO lt_zca_str_to_char.
ENDSELECT.
This will correctly populate lt_zca_str_to_char with data from the table specified by the user.
However, this implies that the user is always providing p_key1, p_key2, and p_key3. I could perform a different selection statement based on how many key fields the user provides, but what's the fun in that?
I set out to solve this like this:
DATA(lv_results) = COND string(
WHEN p_key3 IS NOT INITIAL AND p_string IS NOT INITIAL THEN
|(#ls_zca_str_to_char-key1, #ls_zca_str_to_char-key2, #ls_zca_str_to_char-key3, #ls_zca_str_to_char-string)|
WHEN p_key2 IS NOT INITIAL AND p_string IS NOT INITIAL THEN
|(#ls_zca_str_to_char-key1, #ls_zca_str_to_char-key2, #ls_zca_str_to_char-string)|
WHEN p_key2 IS NOT INITIAL AND p_string IS NOT INITIAL THEN
|(#ls_zca_str_to_char-key1, #ls_zca_str_to_char-string)| ).
SELECT (lv_field_tab) FROM (p_table) INTO (#lv_results).
APPEND ls_zca_str_to_char TO lt_zca_str_to_char.
ENDSELECT.
This will activate, and when I get to my Open SQL query (from a Z table, only filling out the first two of three possible key fields), the values are the following:
lv_field_tab = GUID, TEXT_ID, TEXT_DATA (Good)
p_table = ZCR_TRANS_TEXT (Good)
lv_results = (#ls_zca_str_to_char-key1, #ls_zca_str_to_char-key2, #ls_zca_str_to_char-string) (Good, 3 = 3!)
But, since I'm assuming the compiler is seeing (#lv_results) as one single variable, the program dumps with the following error:
The current ABAP program attempted to execute an Open SQL statement
containing a dynamic entry. The parser returned the following error:
"The field list and the INTO list must have the same number of
elements."
Is it possible for me to use the new Open SQL syntax to accomplish my dynamic INTO clause in harmony with my dynamic field list?
The brackets on the INTO do not do what you expect, from the ABAP help:
... INTO (#dobj1, #dobj2, ... )
Effect
If the results set consists of multiple columns or aggregate expressions specified explicitly in the SELECT list, a list of elementary data objects dobj1, dobj2, ... (in parentheses and separated by commas) can be specified after INTO.
In your case you only have one value in there so you can only select one column and the data will be passed in the variable LV_RESULT. Not what you are looking for. Since you want to fill the fields of an existing structure the INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF construct will work here. And you can use TABLE to make your command more efficient as well. This leads to:
SELECT (lv_field_tab) FROM (p_table)
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE #lt_zca_str_to_char.
As said previously, you may use INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF ..., but it's not mandatory, it's only for simplifying the code.
So, instead of using CORRESPONDING FIELDS, you may create a structure dynamically (RTTC) with its components corresponding to the columns in LV_FIELD_TAB, and you may then use:
SELECT (lv_field_tab) FROM (p_table) INTO #<structure> ... ENDSELECT.
But of course, as explained by Gert Beukema, you should better do only one SELECT, by creating an internal table dynamically with the same logic as for the structure above, and you may then use:
SELECT (lv_field_tab) FROM (p_table) INTO TABLE #<internal table> ...
Refer to the many examples in the web how to create data objects dynamically with RTTC.
Do not use a fields list for your INTO clause.
Try with
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE
must be a FIELD-SYMBOL type any table, and the rest of the logic is up to you (to put the proper information from your generic and almost-empty to your specific destination one).

Change field length afterwards

TABLES: VBRK.
DATA: BEGIN OF it_test,
BUKRS LIKE VBRK-BUKRS,
FKDAT LIKE VBRK-FKDAT,
END OF it_test.
DATA: wa_test LIKE it_test.
SELECT * FROM VBRK INTO CORRESPONDING FIELD OF wa_test.
IF wa_test-BUKRS = 'xxxx'.
wa_test-BUKRS = 'XXXXX' "Problem occurs here as the BUKRS allow 4 value
APPEND wa_test TO it_test.
ENDIF.
Then I want to map the internal table to output as ALV table. Is they any way to change the field length afterwards?
Apart from multiple issues in your code, you can't. If you need something similar to that, add an additional field to the structure with whatever size you require and copy the values over.
If the objective is to output something to the screen that is different(or differently formatted) that what is stored internally(or in the database), then the use of a data element with a conversion exit maybe the way to go.
For an example, look at the key fields of table PRPS.
Expanding the answer of vwegert:
The MOVE-CORRESPONDINGcommand (and SELECT ... INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS) don't need the same field type. The content is converted. So you could define a 5-character field in your internal structure and copy the BUKRS-value into this 5-character field:
TABLES: VBRK.
DATA: BEGIN OF it_test,
BUKRS(5), "longer version of VBRK-BUKRS,
FKDAT LIKE VBRK-FKDAT,
END OF it_test.
DATA: tt_test TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF it_test.
* I would strongly recommend to set a filter!
SELECT * FROM VBRK INTO CORRESPONDING FIELD OF it_test.
IF it_test-BUKRS = 'xxxx'.
it_test-BUKRS = 'XXXXX'.
APPEND it_test to tt_test.
ENDIF.
ENDSELECT.
A pitfall: When you use it with ALV you will loose the field description. (on the other side, the field description of the original field will not fit any longer the new field.)

How can I use the COUNT value obtained from a call to mkqlite()?

I'm using mksqlite to create and access an SQL database from matlab, and I want to get the number of rows in a table. I've tried this:
num = mksqlite('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM myTable');
, but the returned value isn't very helpful. If I put a breakpoint in my script and examine the variable, I find that it's a struct with a single field, called 'COUNT(_)', which seems to actually be an invalid name for a field, so I can't access it:
K>> class(num)
ans =
struct
K>> num
num =
COUNT(_): 0
K>> num.COUNT(_)
??? num.COUNT(_)
|
Error: The input character is not valid in MATLAB statements or expressions.
K>> num.COUNT()
??? Reference to non-existent field 'COUNT'.
K>> num.COUNT
??? Reference to non-existent field 'COUNT'.
Even the MATLAB IDE can't access it. If I try to double click the field in the variable editor, this gets spat out:
??? openvar('num.COUNT(_)', num.COUNT(_));
|
Error: The input character is not valid in MATLAB statements or expressions.
So how can I access this field?
You are correct that the problem is that mksqlite somehow manages to create an invalid field name that can't be read. The simplest solution is to add an AS clause to your SQL so that the field has a sensible name:
>> num = mksqlite('SELECT COUNT(*) AS cnt FROM myTable')
num =
cnt: 0
Then to remove the extra layer of indirection you can do:
>> num = num.cnt;
>> num
num =
0