Primary key in internal table

hi experts,
psl tell me how to assign a primary key to an intarenal table field while using hashed table.
thanks
mani

Hi,
you have to use INSERT INTO TABLE..
TYPES: BEGIN OF TYPE_MATERIAL,
                MATNR TYPE MATNR,
                WERKS TYPE WERKS_D,
                MENGE TYPE EKPO-MENGE,
             END OF TYPE_MATERIAL.
* Internal table with MATNR as the key..
DATA: T_HASHED TYPE HASHED TABLE OF TYPE_MATERIAL
                            WITH UNIQUE KEY MATNR.
* Work area
DATA: WA TYPE TYPE_MATERIAL.
WA-MATNR = 'TEST'.
WA-WERKS = 'TEST'.
* Insert the values..
INSERT WA INTO TABLE T_HASHED.
Thanks
Naren

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Hi all,
Im doing a ABAP- certification, so I need an exact answer , not the 'I think...' or 'it should...' answers.
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Report ZYX.
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Do 100 times.
temp = temp + 1.
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why doesnt this table seems to have a primary key?
Is that a mistake by the SAP?

I think it means both
I copy here what I found in SAPHelp and you understand:
Die Standardschlüsselfelder eines strukturierten Zeilentyps sind alle Felder, die weder numerisch (i, p, f) noch selbst Tabellentypen sind. Der Standardschlüssel bei nicht-strukturiertem Zeilentyp ist die gesamte Tabellenzeile, falls der Zeilentyp selbst kein Tabellentyp ist. Falls es keine entsprechende Komponente gibt bzw. der Zeilentyp selbst ein Tabellentyp ist, bleibt der Standardschlüssel leer, was aber nur bei Standardtabellen möglich ist.

Is there any restriction on the length of all Primary keys in a table

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Is there any restriction on the length of all Primary keys in a data base table?
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With regards,
Sumanth

Well actually there are constraints like
Total of internal lengths of all primary key columns        1024 Bytes
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For other information about SAP database please refer to http://sapdb.org/sap_db_features.htm
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Vivek Gaur
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Is it possible to create many primary key for a table?

hello sir/mam.
i am selva, i am new to abap,
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Hi Selva,
Many Primary Keys = Composite Key.
i.e some set of columns will enable you to identify a unique row from a set of rows in the table.
This can be achieved by checking the primary key check box in se11.
Hope it helps.
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Message was edited by: Maheswaran B

How to define Composite primary key for a Table

Hi ,
I am basically more into Java Programming , with little bit knowledge on Oracle as DataBase .so please excuse for my silly doubts .
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Here is an example right out of the Oracle documentation and the syntax for adding PK since you mention adding a composite PK.
Example creating composite index
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14251/adfns_indexing.htm#sthref594
Syntax for adding a PK (composite or not)
alter table oooooooo.tttttttt
add constraint tttttttt_PK
primary key (sample_column2,
sample_column1)
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initrans 04
maxtrans 08
storage (initial 16k
next 16k
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HTH -- Mark D Powell --

How to get the PRIMARY KEY of a table at runtime ???

Hi everybody,
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U will get primary keys of transparent tables using FM "REUSE_FIELDCALATLOG_MERGE".
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How can I obtain the primary key of a table for an entity relation?

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<i>Key
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what is the best practice for primary key on fact table?
1. Using composite key
2. Create a surrogate key
3. No primary key
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http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e16579/logical.htm#i1006423
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Primary Key on Fact Table.
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Edited by: Cortanamo on 16.12.2010 07:12

If I have an EntityBean that mappes to two tables within one database, when I create that EJB, whoes reponsibilty to generate the primary key in database table? The RDBMS or EJB?

If I have an EntityBean that mappes to two tables within one database, when I create
that EJB, whoes reponsibilty to generate the primary key in database table? The
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JW

Refer to http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs81/faq/ejb.html/#257430
"Jingwei Zhang" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
If I have an EntityBean that mappes to two tables within one database,
when I create
that EJB, whoes reponsibilty to generate the primary key in database
table? The
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JW

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Dears ,
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Abo Yahya

Hi,
I've never done this so all I can do is give some suggestions. It takes more effort because you are going beyond what APEX currently supports. That said, you might try searching the forum with this search string:
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How many primary keys for one table?can we add more primary keys

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pls do check this link
[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21ea0b446011d189700000e8322d00/frameset.htm|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/cf/21ea0b446011d189700000e8322d00/frameset.htm]
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