Structure with a string field as parameter in FM

Hi,
I have a requirement wherein based on some id which is the import paramter (table) i have to fetch some text of type string n pass as an export paramater. it has to be a table since for each id there wil a text associated with it.
For this i have declared a structure with two fields, one client and the other, the text type string.
While trying to activate my fm, it says that italicsthe structure should be a flat type. You cannot use internal tables. string, references etcitalics
Please provide a solution.
Regards,
herwin.

Hi Vikranth,
ya using char or lchar would be one option and the other would be the use of the table type in the the import/export parameters. That worked without giving me that warning message and was able to execute my code properly with the desired output.
Regards,
Herwin.
Edited by: Herwin Wilmet Dsouza on May 11, 2010 12:18 PM

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