Incorrect no of items transferred into the SRM SC from the Punchout catalog
Hello All,
Items from the external Punch out Catalog do not get transferred properly
For eg:If 3 items are picked only two are getting transferred
I also checked the SLG1 for the application log and do not find any clues for the issue.
This happens with only one catalog and not other Punch out catalogs.
We are on SRM 5.0 Rel 12 pls.
Regards,
Nagarajan
Hi SRM Gurus,
I m facing the similar kind of issue in SRM 7.0
Whatever number of items i select, only one item is getting transferred to shopping cart.
Also i checked BBP_catalog_transfer badi in which I can see all the items which I selected from catalog.
Please give some useful information.
thanks
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Database Indexes
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The primary index is always created automatically in the R/3 System. It consists of the primary key fields of the database table. This means that for each combination of fields in the index, there is a maximum of one line in the table. This kind of index is also known as UNIQUE.
If you cannot use the primary index to determine the result set because, for example, none of the primary index fields occur in the WHERE or HAVING clause, the system searches through the entire table (full table scan). For this case, you can create secondary indexes, which can restrict the number of table entries searched to form the result set.
You specify the fields of secondary indexes using the ABAP Dictionary. You can also determine whether the index is unique or not. However, you should not create secondary indexes to cover all possible combinations of fields.
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If a table has more than five indexes, you run the risk of the optimizer choosing the wrong one for a particular operation. For this reason, you should avoid indexes with overlapping contents.
Secondary indexes should contain columns that you use frequently in a selection, and that are as highly selective as possible. The fewer table entries that can be selected by a certain column, the higher that columns selectivity. Place the most selective fields at the beginning of the index. Your secondary index should be so selective that each index entry corresponds to at most five percent of the table entries. If this is not the case, it is not worth creating the index. You should also avoid creating indexes for fields that are not always filled, where their value is initial for most entries in the table.
If all of the columns in the SELECT clause are contained in the index, the system does not have to search the actual table data after reading from the index. If you have a SELECT clause with very few columns, you can improve performance dramatically by including these columns in a secondary index.
Formulating Conditions for Indexes
You should bear in mind the following when formulating conditions for the WHERE and HAVING clauses so that the system can use a database index and does not have to use a full table scan.
Check for Equality and Link Using AND
The database index search is particularly efficient if you check all index fields for equality (= or EQ) and link the expressions using AND.
Use Positive Conditions
The database system only supports queries that describe the result in positive terms, for example, EQ or LIKE. It does not support negative expressions like NE or NOT LIKE.
If possible, avoid using the NOT operator in the WHERE clause, because it is not supported by database indexes; invert the logical expression instead.
Using OR
The optimizer usually stops working when an OR expression occurs in the condition. This means that the columns checked using OR are not included in the index search. An exception to this are OR expressions at the outside of conditions. You should try to reformulate conditions that apply OR expressions to columns relevant to the index, for example, into an IN condition.
Using Part of the Index
If you construct an index from several columns, the system can still use it even if you only specify a few of the columns in a condition. However, in this case, the sequence of the columns in the index is important. A column can only be used in the index search if all of the columns before it in the index definition have also been specified in the condition.
Checking for Null Values
The IS NULL condition can cause problems with indexes. Some database systems do not store null values in the index structure. Consequently, this field cannot be used in the index.
Avoid Complex Conditions
Avoid complex conditions, since the statements have to be broken down into their individual components by the database system.
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Generic buffering In this case, you need to specify a generic key (some of the key fields) in the technical settings of the table in the ABAP Dictionary. The table contents are then divided into generic areas. When you access data with one of the generic keys, the whole generic area is loaded into the table buffer. Client-specific tables are often buffered generically by client.
Partial buffering (single entry) Only single entries are read from the database and stored in the table buffer.
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1. An ABAP program requests data from a buffered table.
2. The ABAP processor interprets the Open SQL statement. If the table is defined as a buffered table in the ABAP Dictionary, the ABAP processor checks in the local buffer on the application server to see if the table (or part of it) has already been buffered.
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Tables that are read very frequently
Tables that are changed very infrequently
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The DISTINCT addition in the SELECT clause
Aggregate expressions in the SELECT clause
Joins in the FROM clause
The IS NULL condition in the WHERE clause
Subqueries in the WHERE clause
The ORDER BY clause
The GROUP BY clause
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An application server contains work processes, which are components that can run an application. Work processes are components that are able to execute an application (that is, one dialog step each). Each work process is linked to a memory area containing the context of the application being run. The context contains the current data for the application program. This needs to be available in each dialog step. Further information about the different types of work process is contained later on in this documentation.
Dispatcher
Each application server contains a dispatcher. The dispatcher is the link between the work processes and the users logged onto the application server. Its task is to receive requests for dialog steps from the SAP GUI and direct them to a free work process. In the same way, it directs screen output resulting from the dialog step back to the appropriate user.
Gateway
Each application server contains a gateway. This is the interface for the R/3 communication protocols (RFC, CPI/C). It can communicate with other application servers in the same R/3 System, with other R/3 Systems, with R/2 Systems, or with non-SAP systems.
The application server structure as described here aids the performance and scalability of the entire R/3 System. The fixed number of work processes and dispatching of dialog steps leads to optimal memory use, since it means that certain components and the memory areas of a work process are application-independent and reusable. The fact that the individual work processes work independently makes them suitable for a multi-processor architecture. The methods used in the dispatcher to distribute tasks to work processes are discussed more closely in the section Dispatching Dialog Steps.
Shared Memory
All of the work processes on an application server use a common main memory area called shared memory to save contexts or to buffer constant data locally.
The resources that all work processes use (such as programs and table contents) are contained in shared memory. Memory management in the R/3 System ensures that the work processes always address the correct context, that is the data relevant to the current state of the program that is running. A mapping process projects the required context for a dialog step from shared memory into the address of the relevant work process. This reduces the actual copying to a minimum.
Local buffering of data in the shared memory of the application server reduces the number of database reads required. This reduces access times for application programs considerably. For optimal use of the buffer, you can concentrate individual applications (financial accounting, logistics, human resources) into separate application server groups.
Database Connection
When you start up an R/3 System, each application server registers its work processes with the database layer, and receives a single dedicated channel for each. While the system is running, each work process is a user (client) of the database system (server). You cannot change the work process registration while the system is running. Neither can you reassign a database channel from one work process to another. For this reason, a work process can only make database changes within a single database logical unit of work (LUW). A database LUW is an inseparable sequence of database operations. This has important consequences for the programming model explained below.
Dispatching Dialog Steps
The number of users logged onto an application server is often many times greater than the number of available work processes. Furthermore, it is not restricted by the R/3 system architecture. Furthermore, each user can run several applications at once. The dispatcher has the important task of distributing all dialog steps among the work processes on the application server.
The following diagram is an example of how this might happen:
1. The dispatcher receives the request to execute a dialog step from user 1 and directs it to work process 1, which happens to be free. The work process addresses the context of the application program (in shared memory) and executes the dialog step. It then becomes free again.
2. The dispatcher receives the request to execute a dialog step from user 2 and directs it to work process 1, which is now free again. The work process executes the dialog step as in step 1.
3. While work process 1 is still working, the dispatcher receives a further request from user 1 and directs it to work process 2, which is free.
4. After work processes 1 and 2 have finished processing their dialog steps, the dispatcher receives another request from user 1 and directs it to work process 1, which is free again.
5. While work process 1 is still working, the dispatcher receives a further request from user 2 and directs it to work process 2, which is free.
From this example, we can see that:
A dialog step from a program is assigned to a single work process for execution.
The individual dialog steps of a program can be executed on different work processes, and the program context must be addressed for each new work process.
A work process can execute dialog steps of different programs from different users.
The example does not show that the dispatcher tries to distribute the requests to the work processes such that the same work process is used as often as possible for the successive dialog steps in an application. This is useful, since it saves the program context having to be addressed each time a dialog step is executed.
Dispatching and the Programming Model
The separation of application and presentation layer made it necessary to split up application programs into dialog steps. This, and the fact that dialog steps are dispatched to individual work processes, has had important consequences for the programming model.
As mentioned above, a work process can only make database changes within a single database logical unit of work (LUW). A database LUW is an inseparable sequence of database operations. The contents of the database must be consistent at its beginning and end. The beginning and end of a database LUW are defined by a commit command to the database system (database commit). During a database LUW, that is, between two database commits, the database system itself ensures consistency within the database. In other words, it takes over tasks such as locking database entries while they are being edited, or restoring the old data (rollback) if a step terminates in an error.
A typical SAP application program extends over several screens and the corresponding dialog steps. The user requests database changes on the individual screens that should lead to the database being consistent once the screens have all been processed. However, the individual dialog steps run on different work processes, and a single work process can process dialog steps from other applications. It is clear that two or more independent applications whose dialog steps happen to be processed on the same work process cannot be allowed to work with the same database LUW.
Consequently, a work process must open a separate database LUW for each dialog step. The work process sends a commit command (database commit) to the database at the end of each dialog step in which it makes database changes. These commit commands are called implicit database commits, since they are not explicitly written into the application program.
These implicit database commits mean that a database LUW can be kept open for a maximum of one dialog step. This leads to a considerable reduction in database load, serialization, and deadlocks, and enables a large number of users to use the same system.
However, the question now arises of how this method (1 dialog step = 1 database LUW) can be reconciled with the demand to make commits and rollbacks dependent on the logical flow of the application program instead of the technical distribution of dialog steps. Database update requests that depend on one another form logical units in the program that extend over more than one dialog step. The database changes associated with these logical units must be executed together and must also be able to be undone together.
The SAP programming model contains a series of bundling techniques that allow you to group database updates together in logical units. The section of an R/3 application program that bundles a set of logically-associated database operations is called an SAP LUW. Unlike a database LUW, a SAP LUW includes all of the dialog steps in a logical unit, including the database update.
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I am currently testing our website with CF11. It is currently working with CF8 however after migrating it to a new server running CF11 I have encountered the following error.
The value returned from the load function is not of type numeric.
The error occurred in
D:/Applications/CFusion/CustomTags/nec/com/objects/address.cfc: line 263
Called from D:/Applications/CFusion/CustomTags/nec/com/objects/contact.cfc: line 331
Called from D:/Applications/CFusion/CustomTags/nec/com/objects/user.cfc: line 510
Called from D:/Applications/CFusion/CustomTags/nec/com/objects/user.cfc: line 1675
Called from D:/website/NECPhase2/action.validate.cfm: line 54
261 : <cfif isNumeric(get.idCountry)>
262 : <cfset rc = this.objCountry.setID(get.idCountry)>
263 : <cfset rc = this.objCountry.load()>
264 : </cfif>
265 : <cfset this.sPostcode = get.sPostcode>
Have there been any changes between CF8 and CF11 that could cause this error?
Does anyone have ideas?This is the code in file object file country.cfc (nec.com.objects.country):
<cfcomponent displayname="Country object" hint="This is a Country object, it allows you to access and set values in the Country.">
<!---
// Construct this object
--->
<cfset this.objFunctions = CreateObject( 'component', 'nec.com.system.functions' )>
<cfscript>
this.idCountryID = 0;
this.sCountryName = "";
this.sISOCode = "";
this.sDHLCode = "";
this.iErrorID = "";
</cfscript>
<!---
// The following functions are the setters and getters. offering us a better way to get
// at the contents of the object
--->
<!---
// Getters
--->
<cffunction name="getID" displayname="Get ID" returntype="numeric" output="false" hint="This returns the ID of the current item.">
<cfreturn this.idCountryID>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="getsCountryName" displayname="Get sCountryName" returntype="string" output="false" hint="This gets the sCountryName value of this item.">
<cfreturn this.sCountryName>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="getsISOCode" displayname="Get sISOCode" returntype="string" output="false" hint="This gets the sISOCode value of this item.">
<cfreturn this.sISOCode>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="getsDHLCode" displayname="Get sDHLCode" returntype="string" output="false" hint="This gets the sDHLCode value of this item.">
<cfreturn this.sDHLCode>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="iError" displayname="Get iError" returntype="numeric" output="false" hint="This returns the iError of the current item.">
<cfreturn this.iError>
</cffunction>
<!---
// Setters
--->
<cffunction name="setID" displayname="Set ID" returntype="boolean" output="false" hint="This sets the ID value of this item.">
<cfargument name="idCountryID" required="true" type="numeric" displayname="ID" hint="The ID to use.">
<cfset this.idCountryID = arguments.idCountryID>
<cfreturn true>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="setsCountryName" displayname="Set sCountryName" returntype="boolean" output="false" hint="This sets the sCountryName value of this item.">
<cfargument name="sCountryName" required="true" type="string" displayname="sCountryName" hint="The sCountryName to use.">
<cfset this.sCountryName = arguments.sCountryName>
<cfreturn true>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="setsISOCode" displayname="Set sISOCode" returntype="boolean" output="false" hint="This sets the sISOCode value of this item.">
<cfargument name="sISOCode" required="true" type="string" displayname="sISOCode" hint="The sISOCode to use.">
<cfset this.sISOCode = arguments.sISOCode>
<cfreturn true>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="setsDHLCode" displayname="Set sDHLCode" returntype="boolean" output="false" hint="This sets the sDHLCode value of this item.">
<cfargument name="sDHLCode" required="true" type="string" displayname="sDHLCode" hint="The sDHLCode to use.">
<cfset this.sDHLCode = arguments.sDHLCode>
<cfreturn true>
</cffunction>
<!---
// Clear, to empty out the contents of this object
--->
<cffunction name="clear" displayname="Clear items Details" returntype="boolean" output="false" hint="Clears out all of the items details.">
<cfscript>
this.sCountryName = "";
this.sISOCode = "";
this.sDHLCode = "";
this.iErrorID = "";
</cfscript>
<cfreturn true>
</cffunction>
<!---
// The following functions deal with the load, save and deleting of objects
--->
<!---
// Load
--->
<cffunction name="load" displayname="Load items details" returntype="numeric" output="false" hint="This loads in all the information about an item.">
<cfset rc = this.clear()>
<!---
// First of all we need to get the name of the data source we are going to be using
--->
<cfscript>
objDS = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.settings");
sDatasource = objDS.getDatasource();
</cfscript>
<!---
// Check to see if it exists
--->
<cftry>
<cfquery name="checkID" datasource="#sDatasource#">
SELECT idCountryID
FROM tblCountry
WHERE idCountryID = #this.idCountryID#
</cfquery>
<cfcatch>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("load: checkID: '#this.idCountryID#' #cfcatch.detail#");
</cfscript>
<cfset this.iErrorID = iErrorID>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
<cfif not checkID.recordCount>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
if(isDefined("session.afr")){
whichOne = "#session.afr.getsAFRNumber()#";
} else {
whichOne = "";
iErrorID = objError.addError("A Country with that id doesn't exists.[#this.idCountryID#][#whichOne#]");
</cfscript>
<cfset this.iErrorID = iErrorID>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfif>
<!---
// If we got past all then then load in the details
--->
<cftry>
<cfquery name="get" datasource="#sDatasource#">
SELECT idCountryID, RTRIM(sCountryName) as sCountryName, RTRIM(sISOCode) as sISOCode, RTRIM(sDHLCode) as sDHLCode
FROM tblCountry
WHERE idCountryID = #this.idCountryID#
</cfquery>
<cfcatch>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("load: get: #cfcatch.detail#");
</cfscript>
<cfset this.iErrorID = iErrorID>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
<cfset this.idCountryID = get.idCountryID>
<cfset this.sCountryName = get.sCountryName>
<cfset this.sISOCode = get.sISOCode>
<cfset this.sDHLCode = get.sDHLCode>
<cfset this.iErrorID = "">
<cfreturn true>
</cffunction>
<!---
// Save
--->
<cffunction name="save" displayname="Save items Details" returntype="numeric" output="false" hint="Saves (to some source) the current details for the ID of the item.">
<!---
// First of all we need to get the name of the data source we are going to be using
--->
<cfscript>
objDS = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.settings");
sDatasource = objDS.getDatasource();
</cfscript>
<!---
// Now check to see if ithat ID exists
--->
<cftry>
<cfquery name="checkID" datasource="#sDatasource#">
SELECT idCountryID
FROM tblCountry
WHERE idCountryID = #this.idCountryID#
</cfquery>
<cfcatch>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("save: checkID: #cfcatch.detail#");
</cfscript>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
<!---
// If it doesn't exist, then add the record, otherwise update the record
--->
<cfif not checkID.recordCount>
<cfreturn this.add()>
<cfelse>
<cfreturn this.update()>
</cfif>
</cffunction>
<!---
// Add
--->
<cffunction name="add" displayname="Add Country" returntype="numeric" output="false" hint="This adds a Country.">
<!---
// Check to see if that a different item isn't already using the same unique details
--->
<cftry>
<cfquery name="checkUnique" datasource="#sDatasource#">
SELECT idCountryID
FROM tblCountry
WHERE sCountryName = '#this.objFunctions.scrubText(this.sCountryName)#'
OR sISOCOde = '#this.objFunctions.scrubText(this.sISOcode)#'
</cfquery>
<cfcatch>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("add: checkUnique: #cfcatch.detail#");
</cfscript>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
<cfif checkUnique.recordCount>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("A Country with that name or ISO code already exists. idCountryID=#checkUnique.idCountryID#");
</cfscript>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfif>
<cftry>
<cfquery name="add" datasource="#sDatasource#">
SET nocount on
INSERT INTO tblCountry(sCountryName, sISOCode, sDHLCode)
VALUES('#this.objFunctions.scrubText(this.sCountryName)#','#this.objFunctions.scrubText(t his.sISOCode)#','#this.objFunctions.scrubText(this.sDHLCode)#')
SELECT @@identity as autoID
SET nocount off
</cfquery>
<cfcatch>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("add: add: #cfcatch.detail#");
</cfscript>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
<cfreturn add.autoID>
</cffunction>
<!---
// Update
--->
<cffunction name="update" displayname="Update Country" returntype="numeric" output="false" hint="This updates a Country record.">
<!---
// Check to see if that a different item isn't already using the same unique details
--->
<cftry>
<cfquery name="checkUnique" datasource="#sDatasource#">
SELECT idCountryID
FROM tblCountry
WHERE (sCountryName = '#this.objFunctions.scrubText(this.sCountryName)#'
OR sISOCOde = '#this.objFunctions.scrubText(this.sISOcode)#')
AND idCountryID <> #this.idCountryID#
</cfquery>
<cfcatch>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("update: checkUnique: #cfcatch.detail#");
</cfscript>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
<cfif checkUnique.recordCount>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("Another Country with that name already exists. idCountryID=#checkUnique.idCountryID#");
</cfscript>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfif>
<!---
// Attempt to update the record to the datasource
// if this fails for any reason then we submit an error message
// to the error component and return the ID of the error
--->
<cftry>
<cfquery name="update" datasource="#sDatasource#">
UPDATE tblCountry
SET sCountryName = '#this.objFunctions.scrubText(this.sCountryName)#',
sISOCode = '#this.objFunctions.scrubText(this.sISOCode)#',
sDHLCode = '#this.objFunctions.scrubText(this.sDHLCode)#'
WHERE idCountryID = #this.idCountryID#
</cfquery>
<cfcatch>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("update: update: #cfcatch.detail#");
</cfscript>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
<cfreturn this.idCountryID>
</cffunction>
<!---
// Delete
--->
<cffunction name="delete" displayname="Delete Country" returntype="numeric" output="false" hint="This deletes a Country record.">
<!---
// First of all we need to get the name of the data source we are going to be using
--->
<cfscript>
objDS = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.settings");
sDatasource = objDS.getDatasource();
</cfscript>
<!---
// Now check to see if ithat ID exists
--->
<cftry>
<cfquery name="checkID" datasource="#sDatasource#">
SELECT idCountryID
FROM tblCountry
WHERE idCountryID = #this.idCountryID#
</cfquery>
<cfcatch>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("delete: checkID: #cfcatch.detail#");
</cfscript>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
<cfif not checkID.recordCount>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("A Country with that id doesn't exists, delete failed.");
</cfscript>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfif>
<!---
// Now check to see if there are any dependancies, if so we can't delete the item
--->
<cftry>
<cfquery name="checkDependancies" datasource="#sDatasource#">
SELECT idCountry
FROM tblAddress
WHERE idCountry = #this.idCountryID#
</cfquery>
<cfcatch>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("delete: checkDependancies: idCountry: #cfcatch.detail#");
</cfscript>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
<cfif checkDependancies.recordCount>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("That Country is being used by an address, delete failed.");
</cfscript>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfif>
<!---
// Now attempt to remove the record.
// if this fails for any reason then we submit an error message
// to the error component and return the ID of the error
--->
<cftry>
<cfquery name="delete" datasource="#sDatasource#">
DELETE FROM tblCountry
WHERE idCountryID = #this.idCountryID#
</cfquery>
<cfcatch>
<cfscript>
objError = CreateObject("component","nec.com.system.errors");
iErrorID = objError.addError("delete: delete: #cfcatch.detail#");
</cfscript>
<cfreturn iErrorID>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
<cfreturn this.idCountryID>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent> -
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