Internal table with same variable and one select query

Question

Hi,
I am a new bee here with may be a silly question.
I have a internal table as below.
DATA: BEGIN OF IT_ORDERDETAILS OCCURS 0,
        VBELN LIKE VBAK-VBELN,        "Order number
        BSTNK LIKE VBAK-BSTNK,        "customer PO
        ERDAT LIKE VBAK-ERDAT,        " Order created date
        MATNR LIKE VBAP-MATNR,        "Sales order line item
        KWMENG LIKE VBAP-KWMENG,      "Quantity
        D_VBELN like likp-vbeln,      " delivery no
        POSNR like lips-posnr,        " delivery item
        KUNNR LIKE LIKP-KUNNR,        "ship quantity
  END OF IT_ORDERDETAILS.
Where VBELN field is in VBAK and LIKP table.
VBELN in VBAK table = order #
VBELN in LIKP table is = Delivery #
I want to use join to fetch data in single select query.
Below is the select query
SELECT VBAK~VBELN
        VBAK~BSTNK
        VBAK~ERDAT
        VBAP~MATNR
        VBAP~KWMENG
        likp~vbeln
        lips~posnr
        LIPS~VGBEL
      INTO (IT_ORDERDETAILSvbak, IT_ORDERDETAILSbstnk,     IT_ORDERDETAILSerdat, IT_ORDERDETAILSmatnr, IT_ORDERDETAILSkwmeng, IT_ORDERDETAILSd_vbeln,IT_ORDERDETAILSposnr, IT_ORDERDETAILSkunnr)
FROM VBAK left outer JOIN VBAP ON ( VBAKVBELN = VBAPVBELN )
left outer JOIN LIPS ON ( VBAKVBELN = LIPSVGBEL )
  join LIKP on ( LIPSVBELN = LIKPVBELN )
WHERE VBAK~ERDAT IN CR_DATE.
I am getting error in the query.
Please suggest.
Thanks,
Rajesh

Answer 1

Hi rajesh.nayakbola,
although this is not quite the right place for this, let me give you some notes:
1. Code should be
formatted as code
by markin it with mouse and use above <> button.
2. Internal tables shoult not be declared using OCCURS clause - this is last century style
3. Internal tables do not need and should not have a header line, they should use TYPES for declaration
4. Data should not be declared using LIKE: If they refer to dictionary TYPES, use TYPE. LIKE is only mandatory for data objects declared in your program, i.e. DATA IT_some_ORDERDETAILS like IT_ORDERDETAILS.
5. If you get an error here, never write "I am getting error" but copy and paste the error message fully.
- The fields in brackets in  the INTO clause never have ~ character, there is no IT_ORDERDETAILS~vbak, only IT_ORDERDETAILS-vbeln
It could be something like this:
TYPES:
  BEGIN OF TY_ORDERDETAILS,
  VBELN TYPE VBAK-VBELN, "Order number
  BSTNK TYPE VBAK-BSTNK, "customer PO
  ERDAT TYPE VBAK-ERDAT, " Order created date
  MATNR TYPE VBAP-MATNR, "Sales order line item
  KWMENG TYPE VBAP-KWMENG, "Quantity
  D_VBELN TYPE likp-vbeln, " delivery no
  POSNR TYPE lips-posnr, " delivery item
  KUNNR TYPE LIKP-KUNNR, "ship quantity
END OF TY_ORDERDETAILS.
DATA:
  IT_ORDERDETAILS TYPE TABLE OF TY_ORDERDETAILS.
SELECT VBAK~VBELN
  VBAK~BSTNK
  VBAK~ERDAT
  VBAP~MATNR
  VBAP~KWMENG 
  likp~vbeln AS D_VBELN
  lips~posnr
  LIKP~KUNNR
INTO CORRSPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE IT_ORDERDETAILS
FROM VBAK left outer JOIN VBAP ON ( VBAK~VBELN = VBAP~VBELN )
  left outer JOIN LIPS ON ( VBAK~VBELN = LIPS~VGBEL )
  join LIKP on ( LIPS~VBELN = LIKP~VBELN )
WHERE VBAK~ERDAT IN CR_DATE.
Regards,
Clemens