Reading from application server

Question

Hi All,
I have a requirement wherein I need to uplaod an excel sheet which contains Material number, Plant and PO text. And accordingly update the material and plant with the given PO text. Now, if i have mat1, Plant1 and PO text given for this combination in the excl as below:
"This is the new PO Text
Please Update it"
If the above is the PO text (with a line's gap between 2 statements), the requirement is to upload this text into application server. Then in the update program, i need to read this text for the corresponding material and plant.
The uploading is happening correctly into the app server:
Mat1     Plant1     This is the new PO Text 
                           Please Update it
But while reading from the application server in the update program, the first read dataset statement reads only Mat1     Plant1     This is the new PO Text. This record is filled in the internal table meant for update. The structure of the internal table is Material, Plant, PO text.
Now the control goes to the next read dataset statement and reads text "Please Update it". This text is filled in the material column of the internal table and hence gives an error at the time of update.
The syntax used to upload into app server is :
OPEN DATASET p_path FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT
Transfer each record
The syntax used to read from app server is :
  OPEN DATASET p_path FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULTIf sy-subrc = 0.
Do.
Read dataset p_path into v_appltxt (where v_appltxt is of type string)
if sy-subrc = 0.
     fill the internal table for update.
Else.
exit.
Endif.
Enddo.
Please help me rectify the issue at the time of reading from the app server so that the PO text(no matter how is in entered in the excel sheet) is read against the correspoding material and plant combination.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Jean,
     READ DATASET statement will always read one line of input file at a time. Since the PO text is not continuous, Its gettng read into material number in the next fetch.
     As a solution, try to keep the PO text entirely while uploading data to application server. You may have to put in logic to remove extra lines after the data is retrieved from the excel sheet to the internal table.
Hope this helps.
~Athreya