SELECT .... INTO CORRESPONDING - Internal table

Question

How do everyone,
I have the following work areas and internal table defintion:
TYPES: BEGIN OF equi_rec,
           equnr,                  " Registration
           herst,                  " Make
           typbz,                  " Model
           zzdept,                 " Department
           zzoperator,             " Operator
           zzregdate,              " Registration Date
        END OF equi_rec.
DATA:  equi_wa                   TYPE          equi_rec,
       equi_tab                  TYPE TABLE OF equi_rec.
In the code:
  SELECT *
    INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE equi_tab
    FROM
         equi.
The ABAP is falling over at runtime. I have since found out that if
I comment out the ZZREGDATE in the EQUI_REC above, the program works.
The ZZREGDATE is defined as a date in the dicionary.
Can anyone tell me why the program is falling over when I am trying to
move the date field??
Any help much apprectaied.
Thanks in advance
Andy

Answer 1

Hi,
Here is the answer ..
TYPES: BEGIN OF equi_rec,
equnr, " Registration
herst, " Make
typbz, " Model
zzdept, " Department
zzoperator, " Operator
zzregdate, " Registration Date
END OF equi_rec.
If you declare like above, then all the fields will have Charecter type and length is 1, so the EQUNR, HERST and all other fields is charecter type then it is storing the first charecter in this Internal table, but the ZZREGDATE is the date field and it will not store the first charecter from the date field, because if you use the MOVE-CORRESPONDING then you need to write the same type, so that it is giving the dump ..
after writing the TYPE for ZZREGDATE then the program will run properly, but all the fields will store only the first charecter from the table values,
you need to give the correct TYPE to all the fields from the data dictionary inorder to store the total value
Reward points for all the helpful answers
Regards
Sudheer