How to write the select

Question

i am writting a selection and i want to select from the table HRP1001 only the rows that created this year
i wrote
select *
into itab
from hrp1001
where concatenate begda(4) eq sy-datum(4).
why its not working ?

Answer 1

Hi Ami,
concatenate and partial field selection are not part of Open SQL. You could use a pattern:
concatenate sy-datum(4) '%' into lw_year_pattern.
select * into itab
         from hrp1001
        where begda like lw_year_pattern.
or you could use between, probably more efficient:
lw_date_from = lw_date_to = sy-datum.
lw_date_from+4(4) = '0101'.
lw_date_to+4(4) = '1231'.
select * into itab
         from hrp1001
        where begda between lw_date_from and lw_date_to.
Good luck,
Gert.