ALV vs Table Control

Hi All,
Could someone please tell me whether ALV is faster or Table Control. I mean for processing. The features required are Colouring cell, Adding checkbox in cell, adding a link in cell etc.
I know that this is possible in ALV, but no idea whether it could be done in table control. Please throw some light on this.
Please let me know the reasons behind one being faster than another.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Prashant

Hi Prashant,
ALV Grid is basically used for display puropse. It is more user friendly. There are arious features ( such as coloring, sorting, saving to a local file, sedning by mail etc. ) These featurs make ALV Grid a very good option to display the data .
However , the table control is not only used to display data take from the database table, but also you can do operation such as deletion of data from database table, insertion of data into the database table and updation also. Yeah it has not got the various features whihc ALV has.
So table control and ALV Grid , if you are just using for display purpose, then ALV Grid is a better option due to its layout and attractive features. But if you want to do the database operations other than display, table control can be used.
As far as execution is concerned, I think ALV Grid is faster.
Regards,
Kunal.

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You cant display ALV in Table control.
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I can download the programs and send them to you, but you should give me your e-mail.
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> And also, if its true that SAP is thinking on replacing table controls with editable ALV's
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What are the prerequisites before creating a Table Control?.

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What is the difference between Alv Grid and Table Control?Explain in detail..

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[WITH CONTROL <table-control> ]
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