Variable length column to fixed length column

Hi,
Iam new to oracle. Below is the query in which column1 will be displayed as a fixed length column of 16 characters.
SELECT char(column1,16), column2 from table
Please let me know if there is any command in oracle to get a single field as a fixed length.

user1127864 wrote:
Hi,
Iam new to oracle. Below is the query in which column1 will be displayed as a fixed length column of 16 characters.
SELECT char(column1,16), column2 from table
Please let me know if there is any command in oracle to get a single field as a fixed length.It would be nice to know how column1 was defined.

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<Begin Quote>
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Hiii Prabhu,
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Use CHAR instead aof VARCHAR
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second_id,
third_id,
language_code,
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The error is like : Variable length field exceeds maximum length

Hi All,
I am trying to load some signature ascii data from load file. so i wrote the code like below in my controal file to load that to database. For SIGN_IMAGE in oracle db it was mentioned as RAW(2000). The below is worked fine when i tried in window and oracle 8i environment.
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Variable length field exceeds maximum length

Hi All,
I am trying to load some signature ascii data from load file. so i wrote the code like below in my controal file to load that to database. For SIGN_IMAGE in oracle db it was mentioned as RAW(2000). The below is worked fine when i tried in window and oracle 8i environment.
SIG_TYPE POSITION(23:23) CHAR,
SIGN_IMAGE POSITION(24:1977) VARRAW(2000)
NULLIF SIGN_IMAGE=BLANKS,
SIGN_IMAGE1 POSITION(1978:3930) VARRAW(2000)
NULLIF SIGN_IMAGE1=BLANKS
But when i ported the same thing to solaris and oracle 10g environment. The below code is giving error when SQL Loder loading.
The error is like : Variable length field exceeds maximum length.
But here i am giving a lenght of 1954 only with including 2 bytes length of the string.
Could any one tell me what is exactly the problem? i am not able sort out the issue.
Thanks,
Shashi

Hi,
I am getting the error in environment Oracle 10.2.0 and SunOS 5.10. This case was executed fine in Oracle 8.1 and windows xp professional. Please find the details below.
LOG file :
Column Name Position Len Term Encl Datatype
TRANS_NO 1:15 15 CHARACTER
TDR_ID 16:18 3 CHARACTER
DVCE_TYPE 19:20 2 CHARACTER
CAP_CD 21:22 2 CHARACTER
SIG_TYPE 23:23 1 CHARACTER
SIGN_IMAGE 24:1977 2002 VARRAW
NULL if SIGN_IMAGE = BLANKS
SIGN_IMAGE1 1978:3930 2002 VARRAW
NULL if SIGN_IMAGE1 = BLANKS
SIGN_IMAGE2 3931:5883 2002 VARRAW
NULL if SIGN_IMAGE2 = BLANKS
SIGN_IMAGE3 5884 2002 VARRAW
NULL if SIGN_IMAGE3 = BLANKS
value used for ROWS parameter changed from 64 to 31
Record 1: Rejected - Error on table SIGSCH.SIGNATURE, column SIGN_IMAGE.
Variable length field exceeds maximum length.
Record 2: Rejected - Error on table SIGSCH.SIGNATURE, column SIGN_IMAGE.
Variable length field exceeds maximum length.
Record 3: Rejected - Error on table SIGSCH.SIGNATURE, column SIGN_IMAGE.
Variable length field exceeds maximum length.
Record 4: Rejected - Error on table SIGSCH.SIGNATURE, column SIGN_IMAGE.
Variable length field exceeds maximum length.
Controal file :
LOAD DATA
INFILE 'sigc.sig'
BADFILE 'load_7.bad'
DISCARDFILE 'load_7.dis'
APPEND
INTO TABLE sigsch.signature
TRANS_NO POSITION(1:15) CHAR,
TDR_ID POSITION(16:18) INTEGER EXTERNAL,
DVCE_TYPE POSITION(19:20) CHAR,
CAP_CD POSITION(21:22) CHAR,
SIG_TYPE POSITION(23:23) CHAR,
SIGN_IMAGE POSITION(24:1977) VARRAW(2000)
NULLIF SIGN_IMAGE=BLANKS,
SIGN_IMAGE1 POSITION(1978:3930) VARRAW(2000)
NULLIF SIGN_IMAGE1=BLANKS,
SIGN_IMAGE2 POSITION(3931:5883) VARRAW(2000)
NULLIF SIGN_IMAGE2=BLANKS,
SIGN_IMAGE3 POSITION(5884) VARRAW(2000)
NULLIF SIGN_IMAGE3=BLANKS
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Bank statement: problem to load variable length field

we have many bank accounts with different banks, and we would like to use the bank reconciliation module to do bank reconciliation.
we have problem in load the MT940 bank statement. All these banks are providing so called standard SWIFT940 format, which not able to give fixed length field.
we have problem on line 61 which have a lot of variable length fields.
line 61 comprise of 7 fields, which are:
A) Value date - fixed 6 chars.
B) Entry date - fixed 4 chars.
C) Credit/debit - variable 1-2 chars.
D) Fund Code - fixed 1 char
E) Transaction amount - variable 15 chars
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Hi Linda,
As said by gupta, please check, whether the bank statement has the statement 62F:
If not, please get the statement again from bank and ensure that the end statement 62F exists in the statement..
This will help you to overcome your problem..
Regards,
Praisty

How to deal with variable length data struct in C/JNI

I have another JNI related question. How do you handle variable length
data structures in Java and pointer to a pointer?
Basically, I have a backend in C which has records but we don't know
how many. The API looks like
typedef struct rec_list_s {
int rec_list_cnt;
rec_list_data_t rec_list_data[1];
} rec_list_t;
int rec_list_show(void handle, rec_list_t *list_ptr);
/* Code snippet for rec_list_show */
int rec_list_show(void handle, rec_list_t *list_ptr)
rec_list_t *ptr;
sz = sizeof (rec_list_t) +
((record_count - 1) * sizeof (rec_list_data_t));
ptr = malloc(sz);
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return (0);
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it. How do i pass a pointer to a pointer from Java? I tried in the
native C code for JNI to return the pointer to pointer as a result
and store in a member in the Java class rec_list_t and then I pass
that to JNI call for rec_list_show. The C backend code was fine
since it got the pointer to pointer but Java become unhappy when
the object it was referencing changed memory location (I suspect
the garbage collection becomes unhappy).
So what would be a good way to deal with this kind of code?
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Edited by: st9 on Aug 30, 2010 5:47 PM

I did not imply that you don't know C but you are implying that I don't understand C. Perhaps
google Sunay Tripathi and click I am feeling lucky so that we don't get into teaching C
discussions :) On the other hand, I am definitely looking for someone to teach me Java
otherwise I wouldn't be asking.
Anyway, let me explain again. The sample function rec_list_show() runs on the backend. It
is a different process with a different VM space. It of course knows the size of the array
and what to fill in. As a caller to that API (which is a separate process), I don't know
what that size is but I need to get the size and corresponding data in one shot because
the backend locks the table when its providing me the info to make sure its synchronous.
Now I (the Java process) needs to get that count and data in one shot. Since the C library
underneath me (wrapped around my JNI interface) has private IPC mechanism to copy
the contiguous memory from the backend into my memory space, all I need is to provide
a pointer to a pointer which gets filled in by backend and is available to my process. So
my equivalent C frontend just passes a pointer to a pointer and casts the return value in
rec_list_t. The rec_list_cnt tells it how many members it got. The first member is part of
the struct itself but then following members are right after.
Another way to help you understand this is with this code snippet from front end C program
rec_list_t     *ptr, *save_ptr;
rec_list_data_t *data_ptr;
int          cnt;
save_ptr = ptr = malloc(sizeof(rec_list_t));
rec_list_show(handle, &ptr);
assert(save_ptr != ptr);
cnt = ptr->rec_list_cnt;
for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
     data_ptr = &ptr->rec_list_data;
Notice the assert(). Also notice the for loop. How do I expect to walk more that one
member when rec_list_data is a fixed size array of one member?typedef struct rec_list_s {
     int               rec_list_cnt;
     rec_list_data_t          rec_list_data[1];
} rec_list_t;
Anyway, I do understand that Java will not allow me to get a reference to a long and
how Java memory management works. But the JNI native implementation is C
and I was wondering if people have managed to do some tricks there between C
and Java.

Variable length in substring

i am trying unsuccessfully to write a udf, as suddenly the fixed length field i was using a substring on has changed to a variable length field...
i need to pass the field into a UDF and then pass out the last two characters for one field...
and the last 5 for another field.
once i have the UDF working for one, i can amend it for the other...
i am probably a million miles away from the solution... but this is where i am so far...
can someone guide me as to how i can pass the variable length into the substring parameter??
String str = var1;
int length = str.length();
output(var1.substring(length -2))

just one line:
return var1.substring(var1.length()-2);
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The first 5 fields are fixed, but then I have a counter field and then 2 fields that repeat for each counter.
So if the counter field was 3, Id have 6 additional fields, but if the counter was 5, Id have 10 additional fields.
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DCE,abc,abc,abc,abc,005,5a,5b

Hi,
I guess rich has written more efficient program anyways this is what I could do.
data : begin of i_line occurs 0,
        line(100),
        end of i_line.
data : begin of i_format occurs 0,
        txt1(5),
        txt2(5),
        txt3(5),
        txt4(5),
        txt5(5),
        txt6(5),
        txt7(5),
        txt8(5),
        end of i_format.
   data : comma type c,
      off TYPE i,
      moff TYPE i,
      mlen TYPE i,
      count type i,
      len(3),
      n type i.
start-of-selection.
i_line-line = 'Abc,abc,abc,abc,abc,003,1a,1b,2a,2b,3a,3c'.
append i_line.
clear i_line.
i_line-line = 'DCE,abc,abc,abc,abc,005,1a,1b,2a,2b,3a,3c,4a,4b,5a,5b'.
append i_line.
clear i_line.
comma = ','.
loop at i_line.
off = 0.
count = 0.
moff = 0.
while count lt 5.
count = count + 1.
find comma in section OFFSET off OF
                i_line-line
                MATCH OFFSET moff
                MATCH LENGTH mlen.
if sy-subrc = 0.
off = moff + mlen.
write : / 'moff',moff,
          'mlen', mlen..
endif.
endwhile.
moff = moff + 1.
write : i_line-line+moff(3) to len no-zero.
write :/ 'The len is ', len.
i_format-txt1 = i_line+0(3).
i_format-txt2 = i_line+4(3).
i_format-txt3 = i_line+8(3).
i_format-txt4 = i_line+12(3).
i_format-txt5 = i_line+16(3).
i_format-txt6 = i_line+20(3).
n = 24.
do len times.
i_format-txt7 = i_line+n(2).
n = n + 3.
i_format-txt8 = i_line+n(2).
n = n + 3.
append i_format.
enddo.
endloop.
loop at i_format.
write :/ i_format.
endloop.
end-of-selection.
Regards
Vick

Data plug-in for binary data with byte streams of variable length

Hi there,
I would like to write a data plug-in to read binary data from file and I'm using DIAdem 10.1.
Each data set in my file consists of binary data with a fixed structure (readable by using direct access channels) and of a byte stream of variable length. The variable length of each byte stream is coded in the fixed data part.
Can anyone tell me how my data plug-in must look like to read such kind of data files?
Many thanks in advance!
Kind regards,
Stefan

Hi Brad,
thank you for the very quick response!
I forgot to mention, that the data in the byte stream can actually be ignored, it is no data to be evaluated in DIAdem (it is picture data and the picture size varies from data set to data set).
So basically, of each data set I would like to read the fixed-structure data (which is the first part of the data set) and discard the variable byte stream (last part of the data set).
Here is a logical (example) layout of my binary data file:
| fixedSize-Value1 | fixedSize-Value2 | fixedSize-Value3 (=length of byte stream) | XXXXXXXXXXXXX (byte stream)
| fixedSize-Value1 | fixedSize-Value2 | fixedSize-Value3 (=length of byte stream) | XXXXXX (byte stream)
| fixedSize-Value1 | fixedSize-Value2 | fixedSize-Value3 (=length of byte stream) | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (byte stream)
What I would like to show in DIAdem is only fixedSize-Value1 and fixedSize-Value2.
´
If I understood right, would it be possible to set the BlockLength of each data set by assigning Block.BlockLength = fixedSize-Value3 and to use Direct Access Channels for reading fixedSize-Value1 and fixedSize-Value2 ?
Thank you!
Kind regards,
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Hi,
We are updating the time sheets from Non-Sap to Sap. We are in need of entering the activity prices.
We have given the planned activity in Kp26 and have run a price calculation in KSPI.
When we run the KSPI, we get the fixed price column filled with the planned price i.e, if my planned total cost in Kp06 is 100 and my planned activity type in KSPI is 10, then my activity price is 100/10=10 and this is updated in fixed price column.
I just want to know about the variable price column with an example.
For the actuals we are supposed to fill KBK6 with the actual activity price and have to run a price calculation in KSII.
Is it any how possible to give the actuals in KP26 instead of giving the same in KBK6.
We have this chaos because earlier for 2009 they have not maitnained the actuals either in Kp26 and in Kbk6.
Please assist
Thanks,
Shilpa.

Hi Shilpa
KP26 is meant for Plan price... and KBK6 for actual prices... You can not use one for the other
You will use Variable and Fixed costs when you have scenario of semi variable costs where some portion of expense is fixed and some is variable.....
Regards
Ajay M

Changing a variables length for text input in Captivate 6

I am using eLearning CS6 (non-subscription I believe, but no one at my office can confirm) and use a machine where all software is deployed via push from IT. The ability to check for updates has been removed from me.
I need to be able to have users enter data into the course and have it both be forwarded on to our database AND appear in later segments of the course.
I recall being able to update the TEB variable length in previous versions but can not find the option anywhere in CS6. or perhaps I'm imaging it.
I am running version 6.0.1.240 and there is no Format option in my TEB properties. I do not see alignment options, and instead see Characters as a menu above the Shadow & Reflection option.
I do know where to set the value in a text caption box. However, I seem to be limited to entering a single variable in the caption field in order for this to be option. However, there are times where we'd rather have multiple variables strung together on a single line, or a word or two of static text appearing before or after the variable.
If I want to string the user entered data from multiple variables into a single caption box there appears to be no way to change the variable's character length from 15 to a higher value.
Does anyone know of another way to work around this other than through the use of multiple caption boxes?
I've been driving myself a bit batty trying to think of a way around the 1 caption 1 variable limit...
Thanks.
Note: Please don't advise me to upgrade. I've already been told the office will not pay for an update to the software so quickly on the heels of our upgrade from CS 5.5 to CS6 (happened within a 6 month span).

15 characters is the default when you insert the variable into a text caption. But you can set this to anything from 1 to about 250...as long as you use the Insert Variable icon in the Properties tab > Format accordion to insert the variable. Look for the field in the dialog that allows you to specify the variable's display length.

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Hello friends,
I have created a scenario as follows.
Our
Application ==>(SOAP) ==> XI ==> (RFC) ==> SAP TABLE.
I am sending a record with one of the fields of the type 'VARILRAW'
When I send this, it is sending me a response that it was inserted in the table succesfully, But when I try to retrieve, all fields get returned correctly, but not this variable length field. This sends me back a huge string of letter 'A's.
Here is what I see on SXMB_MONI
The following shows that for insertion, the proper data is coming in XML format.
===============================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <ns1:ZBAPI_ADD_CONFIG_DNA xmlns:ns1="urn:sap-com:document:sap:rfc:functions">
- <CONFIG_DNA_DATA>
<CONFIG_ID>4607.1164846986188077.494</CONFIG_ID>
<STRING_NAME>USC1</STRING_NAME>
<STRING_FORMAT>TXT</STRING_FORMAT>
<STRING_VALUE>ONE,TWO,THREE,FOUR</STRING_VALUE>
<OBJECT_NAME>TEMP</OBJECT_NAME>
</CONFIG_DNA_DATA>
</ns1:ZBAPI_ADD_CONFIG_DNA>
=================================================
When I try to search for the same data again using the Key field CONFIG_ID,
I am getting back the following. Notice that all fields are coming back with right data but for STRING_VALUE, which is coming as a long string of As
====================================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <ns1:SEARCH_CONFIG_DNA_RESPONSE xmlns:ns1="http://cincom.com/config">
- <RETMSG>
<RETURNMESSAGE>1 Records found</RETURNMESSAGE>
<SUBRC>0</SUBRC>
</RETMSG>
- <CONFIG_DATA>
- <item>
<CONFIG_ID>4607.1164846986188077.494</CONFIG_ID>
<STRING_NAME>USC1</STRING_NAME>
<STRING_FORMAT>TXT</STRING_FORMAT>
<STRING_VALUE>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</STRING_VALUE>
<OBJECT_NAME>TEMP</OBJECT_NAME>
</item>
</CONFIG_DATA>
</ns1:SEARCH_CONFIG_DNA_RESPONSE>
========================================================
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ram

go to RFC and insert a BREAK-POINT and check what do you receive in the field. if you receive same you send so its a problem of SAP Team.
try this

How to save blob data (variable length string) in a customized table?

Dear Friends
I have written a very simple program to update table with 2 fields which
looks as follows.
========================================================
Table name ZTESTBLOBDATA
Field         Key          Init    Data Element   Data Type Length
ID          Checked                 ZID                 NUMC        2
BLOB                                   ZBLOB           STRING       0
=========================================================
FOllowing is the sample program that I have written (Transaction SE38).
=========================================================
REPORT ZTESTBLOBPROG
TABLES: ZTESTBLOBDATA
data : itab like ZTESTBLOPDATA occurs 1 with header line.
select * from ztestblobdata into table itab.
ztestblobdata-id =   sy-dbcnt +1.
ztestblobdata -blob = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.'.
insert ztestblobdata.
=========================================================
When I try to save and activate the program, I get the following
error message
'ztestblopdata' must be a flat structure. You cannot use internal
tables, strings, references, or structures as components.
==========================================================
Using the data type STRING is a must since it is a variable length
data which varies from few characters to few gig.
How can go around this problem.
Any feedback will be highly appreciated.
PS. I have checked old postings on SDN, spoken to my ABAP contacts and also couple of instructors from SAP when I took XI courses but didn't get a satisfactory answers.
Edited by: Ram Prasad on Oct 15, 2008 12:28 PM

Thanks a lot for the response.
The string that we are getting is from another application via netweaver XI integration and is being sent as a string which has to be saved in an SAP table. I am not sure if IDOC option will suit our needs, but will definitely read more about it.
If there is any other suggestion of feedback I would appreciate it a lot.;
Tks
Ram

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