TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC

I am using this function to read DD02L in R/3 from BW. The table layout is returned in <b>nametab</b>. However, all the byte counts are doubled. For instance, TABNAME is the usual CHAR 30, but it is 60 bytes in nametab. And so it goes for each field. I am able to deal with it, of course, by dividing by 2 before I parse the returned data.
But does anyone know why things are doubled?
Both BW and R/3 are UNICODE and 2004S.
CALL FUNCTION 'TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC' DESTINATION 'R3CLNT100'
    EXPORTING
      langu               = sy-langu
      only                = ' '
      tabname             = 'DD02L'
    IMPORTING
      rc                  = l_subrc
    TABLES
      sel_tab             = l_t_sel_tab
      nametab             = l_t_nametab
      tabentry            = l_t_tabentry
    EXCEPTIONS
      internal_error      = 1
      table_has_no_fields = 2
      table_not_activ     = 3
      not_authorized      = 4
      OTHERS              = 5.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
            WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.

Hi,
i had the same think of u, but i used another FM (and it worked very well form me ).
'RFC_READ_TABLE'.
Example :
CALL FUNCTION 'RFC_READ_TABLE'
   DESTINATION 'X51400'
    EXPORTING
      query_table                = 'YT301'
NO_DATA                    = ' '
    TABLES
   fields                     =
      data                       = tdata
   EXCEPTIONS
     table_not_available        = 1
     table_without_data         = 2
     option_not_valid           = 3
     field_not_valid            = 4
     not_authorized             = 5
     data_buffer_exceeded       = 6
     OTHERS                     = 7.
To access to a record of tdata
    READ TABLE tdata WITH KEY wa+3(3) = ifile-ist.
Hope it helps
Bye
Andrea
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Problems w. RFC_READ_TABLE and TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC - 4.6c to 4.7

Hello,
i've used, although it's not recommended, RFC_READ_TABLE successfully with 4.6c to read various QM tables, like 'QALS', 'QAVE' etc.
Now the company migrated from 4.6c to 4.7 and my modules stopped working partially.
When trying to read 'QALS', the function now throws back the following error: "Message:Error in ASSIGN-statement in program SAPLSDTX". While some other tables work flawlessy (like 'QAVE'). I'm pretty sure it's something related to floating point fields or some unicode transition, though i don't know any solution yet.
I tried to use TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC instead, but this function throws another quite strange error, after the call: "Message:The types of the Operators dbtab and itab are not convertable into each other". Again, only with some tables.
Can anyone point me into the correct direction? Any help is very appreciated. By the way: writing own FMs is NOT an option.
Regards
Julian

Resolved myself

TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC doesn't return all data for table VBRP

Hi guys,
I'm trying to import data from table VBRP using fm TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC in Microsoft access.
However it only seem to import first few fields of table and then nothing !
Am I missing something. It works fine for other tables, i tries EKPO and it works a treat. ???!!
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SA
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According to note 881127:
Reason and Prerequisites
The function module is only intended for internal use in the ALE area, and only for reading numerical tables.
Solution
Use another or a customer-specific function module.
Rob

TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC issue

Some tables work and some tables don't for this function module. The ones that don't work say there is a unicode conversion issue where they are not mutually convertible. This is an example of one of the tables that gives me an error:
comm_info is type LFA1 in the tables tab of my FM
Data: comm_info_output type table of bdi_entry.
CALL FUNCTION 'TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC'
    EXPORTING
      tabname               = 'LFA1'
*      langu                 = 'EN'
*      only                  = 'X'
    TABLES
      tabentry              = comm_info_output
      nametab               = gt_output2
      sel_tab               = gt_output3
    EXCEPTIONS
      system_failure        = 1 MESSAGE l_mes
      communication_failure = 2
      OTHERS                = 3.
comm_info[] = comm_info_output[].
Before you point out that comm_info and comm_info_output are different types, I know that. I read that the reason some fail and some don't is because of the "DEC" data type in the table structure. How do I get around this issue? I can't make comm_info_output type LFA1 because the imported table has to be of type bdi_entry or else it will fail. Is there a different function module I can call or is there a different way of going about this using the same FM (TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC)

Hello Mark
The note mentioned by Rob is [Note 881127 - Dump in function module TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/881127]:
The function module is only intended for internal use in the ALE area, and only for reading numerical tables.
Regards
Uwe

TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC in unicode system

Hi all,
I know this is going to be a long initial post, but please please take the time to read it. Otherwise there would be many unnecessary questions.
We are using a middleware for mobile devices that reads connects to SAP for reading table data (via a.m. RFC) and posting RFCs/BAPIs.
Now we try to connect to an unicode SAP system (6.20). The statement
SELECT * FROM (TABNAME) INTO TABLE TABENTRY WHERE (SEL_TAB)
where TABENTRY is a table of type char(2048) does not work any more as in unicode systems the structure of the db table and the internal table have to be the same.
So we found the fm CRM_CODEX_GET_TABLE_VIA_RFC in CRM which is built from a copy of the a.m. fm and solves this problem by
1.) creating dynamically an internal table of the same type as the db table.
2.) select the data into this new internal table
3.) loop over the internal table and converting each field of its structure to a char variable and then appending it to a the result char(2048).
Theoretically everything's ok. The fm works now and returns correct data. But there's still one problem, the middleware doesn't convert the data correctly, as the values of fields of type 'p' are passed differently.
non unicode (standard fm):
1000000000000280401011000COMPDL 200408 ###E8##############################
unicode (changed fm):
1000000000000280401016000COMPDL 200504 10.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
As you can see, the select statement from the top of this post just puts the data into the string without actually converting the numbers in fields of type p (or QUAN, CURR in db).
The changed fm with converting every field also converts the number values, now they appear as char fields.
The middleware tries to convert the number values, but always returns 0 (I can only the results as the actually programming is a black box for me).
Has anyone any idea how to solve this problem? (beside getting help from the middleware vendor, which is difficult, as there is a new release working with unicode systems. But we will stay on the old release for some months from now...)

Hi Raja,
thanks for your answer.
I had already searched the forum and found your document about RFC_READ_TABLE which I think is quite interesting and a good solution.
But unfortunately, I cannot change the middleware's RFC logic, e. g. change the BAPI or make changes to the in-/output streams.
I now live with a workaround:
I modified the RFC to convert all p type fields to character fields and also changed the metadata RFCs accordingly, which works OK.
For all RFCs I use to post data to SAP, I write a wrapper RFC with character only structures and convert them to the internal RFCs inside SAP.
This is not my preferred solution, but I am very short of time and it works pretty well.
Regards,
Hans

Call Function Destination in a background job

I am having a problem using:
CALL FUNCTION 'TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC'
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I am working on a program that would compare the same table in 2 different systems and write the differences. It works when I run it in the foreground. However, I want to run this in a nightly background job. However, it is failing and I beleive that it is the result of the program needing a user to interactively logon to the remote system.
How can I bypass the logon screen or enter information into the logon screen using a background job?
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Creating RFC Function Module

I am trying to use PHP and SAPRFC to pull out some information from our SAP database. I've been reading documentation and I've stumbled across this in the SAP documentation:
There are two restrictions on writing remote functions that are to be called transactionally:
                + Transactional calls cannot return parameter values. As a result, the interface for these functions should not specify any EXPORT parameters.
                + Functions that run transactionally may not perform call-backs: the caller's context does not necessarily still exist when the call-back is relayed back to the original system.
If this is true then how am I suppose to receive any data back from the RFC? I am trying to pull a couple of variables out of a few tables using basic select statements like this:
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*"*"Local Interface:
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*"     VALUE(NAME) TYPE LFA1-NAME1
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I can connect to the SAP database but I am still not clear on the best way to pull out single values instead of a whole table from SAP using PHP. Does anyone have any example function module source code they could share?

Hi Mark,
I used this code (copy of you)
DATA: comm_info_output TYPE TABLE OF bdi_entry.
DATA: comm_info TYPE TABLE OF lfa1.
DATA: nametab TYPE TABLE OF bdi_mfgrp.
DATA: sel_tab TYPE TABLE OF bdsel_stat.
CALL FUNCTION 'TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC'
    EXPORTING
      tabname               = 'LFA1'
    TABLES
      tabentry              = comm_info_output
      nametab               = nametab
      sel_tab               = sel_tab
    EXCEPTIONS
      system_failure        = 1 MESSAGE l_mes
      communication_failure = 2
      OTHERS                = 3.
comm_info[] = comm_info_output[].
and I get no error message. Where exactly do you get error message. Resp. is it going to short dump? (if so please attach list from st22).
I think the problem is not in function module but in setting of unicode / non unicode systems. Probably with FM you get some not allowed characters.
I found following thread:
RFC Lookup after unicode conversion of target R/3
Is it suitable for you?
Sorry I am not expert for this. Maybe if you identify exact problem and you don't know solution create a new thread with good description in the title and you will find unicode issues experts.
Regards,
Karol
Edited by: Karol Seman on Jul 30, 2008 2:18 PM

RFC CALL VIA EXCEL VBA

Hello,
Hope someone call help with the following.
I am trying to retrieve data from a table within SAP by using the following Excel VBA code.
Sub retrieve_table_contents()
Dim R3, MyFunc, App As Object
Dim SEL_TAB, NAMETAB, TABENTRY, ROW As Object
Dim Result As Boolean
Dim iRow, iColumn, iStart, iStartRow As Integer
iStartRow = 4
Worksheets(1).Select
Cells.Clear
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R3.Connection.client = "900"
R3.Connection.user = "mbrough"
R3.Connection.password = "st34lh"
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Hello Experts,
I want to fecth the Supplier information from SAP server to PDM server (non sap) using RFC call.But the LFA1 have some customised fields..
1) I want the RFC or BAPI which Gives the supplier details with customised fields in LFA1.
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hi,
try fm TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC
look here
/people/gregor.wolf3/blog/2004/09/05/access-sap-r3-from-external
A.
Message was edited by:
Andreas Mann

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Hi all
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mark the function as remote enabled in the atributes tab,
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Message was edited by: Kiran Raorane

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Thx RE (and Mani) for the feedback.
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For any other information, open a new thread, or ask a precise question.

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is there any range or limitation to use TABLE_ENTRIES_GET_VIA_RFC?
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Hi,
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