SMARTFORMS,REPORTS

Question

Hi all i have a couple of questions:
1) what is the difference in using JOINS and FOR ALL ENTRIES.Where to use them specifically?
2)How and where can i specify the no of copies to be output (suppose invoices ) in my print program.Is it in the FM SSF_FUNCTION_MODULE _NAME.
3)Wat all condituions  r necessary for using For All Entries.I know two of them
  a)the internal table should not be empty.
  b)The matcinhg fields in the where clause should be of same type.

Answer 1

Hi Abhi,
If you want to fetch data by combining more than 2 tables we use  joins.
If you want to fetch data from a table based on a selection made we go for for all entries .
FOR ALL ENTRIES is an effective way of doing away with using JOIN on two tables.
You can check the below code -
SELECT BUKRS BELNR GJAHR AUGDT
FROM BSEG
INTO TABLE I_BSEG
WHERE BUKRS = ....
SELECT BUKRS BELNR BLART BLDAT
FROM BKPF
INTO TABLE I_BKPF
FOR ALL ENTRIES IN I_BSEG
WHERE BUKRS = I_BSEG-BUKRS
AND BELNR = I_BSEG-BELNR
AND BLDAT IN SO_BLDAT.
*******************************8
look another example
what is the use of FOR ALL ENTRIES
1. INNER JOIN
DBTAB1 <----
> DBTAB2
It is used to JOIN two DATABASE tables
having some COMMON fields.
2. Whereas
For All Entries,
DBTAB1 <----
> ITAB1
is not at all related to two DATABASE tables.
It is related to INTERNAL table.
3. If we want to fetch data
from some DBTABLE1
but we want to fetch
for only some records
which are contained in some internal table,
then we use for alll entries.
1. simple example of for all entries.
2. NOTE THAT
In for all entries,
it is NOT necessary to use TWO DBTABLES.
(as against JOIN)
3. use this program (just copy paste)
it will fetch data
from T001
FOR ONLY TWO COMPANIES (as mentioned in itab)
4
REPORT abc.
DATA : BEGIN OF itab OCCURS 0,
bukrs LIKE t001-bukrs,
END OF itab.
DATA : t001 LIKE TABLE OF t001 WITH HEADER LINE.
itab-bukrs = '1000'.
APPEND itab.
itab-bukrs = '1100'.
APPEND itab.
SELECT * FROM t001
INTO TABLE t001
FOR ALL ENTRIES IN itab
WHERE bukrs = itab-bukrs.
LOOP AT t001.
WRITE :/ t001-bukrs.
ENDLOOP.
*****************inner join**********
table emp
empno name
a sasi
b xxx
c yyy
table sal
empno salary
a 1000
b 2000
Inner join
select eempno ename
s~sal
into table int_table
from emp as e
inner join sal
on
eempno = sempno.
if you made inner join between table a and b by emp no
the selection retrives only if the condition satisfy the output will be
a sasi 1000
b xxx 2000
Outer join
select eempno ename
s~sal into table int_table
from emp as e
LEFT OUTER JOIN sal
on
eempno = sempno.
if you made outer join (left /right ) the left table kept as it is the
if the condition satisfy the right table entries will fetch else leave it blank
the output will be
a sasi a 1000
b xxx b 2000
c yyy
Hope this helps!