Regarding invalid characters

HAI
I have data in Oracle tables which contain so many special characters.
now im loading Attributes for one characteristic.
I have 15 atrributes for one characteristic .
Im writing ABAP code for each Infoobject or field in Transfer Rules .It needs alot work .
Is it possible to write the ABAP Code at 'Start ROutine' of the transfer rule . If it is write then how can i write ???
Im writing the following ABAP CODE for each field in transfer rules like below
DATA: L_USER_ALLOWED_CHAR TYPE RSALLOWEDCHAR,
L_ALL_ALLOWED_CHAR(140) TYPE C,
L_RESULT_STR_LEN TYPE I,
L_STR_INCREMENT TYPE I.
CONSTANTS C_SAP_ALLOWED_CHAR(58) TYPE C VALUE
' !"%&''()*+,-./:;<=>?_0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'.
IF L_ALL_ALLOWED_CHAR IS INITIAL.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM RSALLOWEDCHAR
INTO L_USER_ALLOWED_CHAR
WHERE ALLOWKEY = 'S'.
CONCATENATE C_SAP_ALLOWED_CHAR
L_USER_ALLOWED_CHAR-ALLOWCHAR
INTO L_ALL_ALLOWED_CHAR.
ENDIF.
RESULT = TRAN_STRUCTURE- PEQCMT2.
TRANSLATE RESULT TO UPPER CASE.
L_RESULT_STR_LEN = STRLEN( RESULT ).
L_STR_INCREMENT = 0.
WHILE L_STR_INCREMENT <> L_RESULT_STR_LEN.
IF NOT RESULT+L_STR_INCREMENT(1) CO L_ALL_ALLOWED_CHAR.
RESULT+L_STR_INCREMENT(1) = ' '.
ENDIF.
ADD 1 TO L_STR_INCREMENT.
ENDWHILE.
I have 15 fields like RASET ,
DESRT,FGESRT,GHJJDE,AHFJR,FJGKE,RHEKR,NRJRJ,
So can i write ABAP code for all these fields at a time at start routine of tranfer rules .
plls tell me
i will assign the points
txs
rizwan
I got this suggestion
Are you replacing all non-allowed characters to spaces (or null)?
You can do it one time in start routine. Do a loop at data_package, and do it for each required field (data_package is the itab containing your transfer structure fields). Modify the data_package record before ending the loop. If you want to avoid repetition of code, you can create an FM that takes a input string and translates it as required. You can call this FM in the loop for each field.
pls give the ABAp code
I wil assign the points
bye
rizwan

Hi,
Use a transfer routine, add the following coding:
DATA: l_s_errorlog TYPE rssm_s_errorlog_int.
replace '~' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '`' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '!' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '@' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '#' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '$' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '%' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '^' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '&' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '*' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '(' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace ')' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '_' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '-' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '+' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '=' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '[' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '{' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace ']' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '}' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '\' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '|' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '<' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '>' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '/' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
replace '?' with ' ' into TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.
translate TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME> to upper case.
RESULT = TRAN_STRUCTURE-<FIELD NAME>.

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