Large line to internal tables from tab delimited file

Question

Dear All
I am trying to upload the large file of tab delimited data into a SAP internal table. I am basically stuck with the fact that there are multiple lines and multiple columns in tab delimited file. There are around 300 columns which are tab delimited and separated
For e.g  (* indicates tab)
1material*****************1**9888**********5**********34*********3*********346************************-->upto 5000 columns
1material*****************1**99338************4***********************************6************7************-->upto 5000 columns
1material*****************1**22888********************5*********7*********************6*****7**************-->upto 5000 columns
1material*****************1**44844************************5***5*********************************************-->upto 5000 columns
1material***********34****1**54*******33********33*****33**************************************************-->upto 5000 columns
1material*****************1**99888*****************************************************************************-->upto 5000 columns
below upto 500 rows or more
I want to read this file into a columner internal table.
I am trying several ways . I have file on APP server. However Line breaks after 1024 characters or comes on another line.
Currently I am not able to load it in single line of internal table. The structure of file is dynamic .. not static
Amol

Answer 1

Hi Amolsonaikar,
you may try like this:
TYPES:
  begin of line,
    t_field type table of string,
  end of line,
  t_line type table of line.
DATA:
  lt_line  type t_line,
  lv_line type string,
  lt_field type table of string.
open dataset 'XYZ' for input in text mode encoding default.
while sy-subrc = 0.
  read dataset into lv_line.
  split lv_line at '|' into lt_field.
  append lt_field to lt_line.
endwhile.
Regards,
Clemens