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INSERT REPORT  Syntax Diagram

Short Reference

Syntax

INSERT REPORT prog FROM itab
              [MAXIMUM WIDTH INTO wid]
              { [KEEPING DIRECTORY ENTRY]
              | { [PROGRAM TYPE pt]
                  [FIXED-POINT ARITHMETIC fp]
                  [UNICODE ENABLING uc] }
              | [DIRECTORY ENTRY dir] }.

Extras:

1. ... MAXIMUM WIDTH INTO wid

2. ... KEEPING DIRECTORY ENTRY

3. ... PROGRAM TYPE pt

4. ... FIXED-POINT ARITHMETIC fp

5. ... UNICODE ENABLING uc

6. ... DIRECTORY ENTRY dir

Effect

This statement places the contents of itab as source code into the ABAP program specified in prog in the repository. If a program with the specified name already exists, its source code is overwritten. Otherwise a new program with the name specified in prog and the source code from itab is created in the repository.

The additions for specifying the program attributes create the program attributes in the system table TRDIR.

If none of the additions are specified, the following default values are set when a new program is created:

If none of the additions are specified, an existing programs attributes remain intact if it is overwritten, but with the following exceptions:

For itab, only a standard table without secondary table keys is permitted. The row type of itab must be character-like. A source code line in itab can contain a maximum of 255 characters (if the row type has a fixed length, trailing blanks are ignored). prog must be a character-like flat data object, which can contain no more than 30 characters, and the content of which is not case-sensitive.

System Fields

sy-subrc Meaning
0 The program specified in prog was successfully created or overwritten.
4 An error occurred when creating or overwriting the program specified in prog.

Security Note

If used wrongly, dynamic programming techniques can present a serious security risk. Any dynamic content that is passed to a program from the outside must be checked thoroughly or escaped before being used in dynamic statements. This can be done using the system class CL_ABAP_DYN_PRG or the predefined function escape. See ABAP Command Injections.

Notes

Addition 1

... MAXIMUM WIDTH INTO wid

Effect

If the addition MAXIMUM WIDTH is used, the number of characters of the longest source code line in itab is assigned to the variable wid, which must have data type i.

Addition 2

... KEEPING DIRECTORY ENTRY

Effect

This addition is only effective when a program is overwritten. The statement behaves as if no additions are specified (see above), with the exception that the setting for the Unicode checkremains intact in the overwritten program.

Note

With this setting, the source code of non-Unicode programs can be overwritten from Unicode programs without the Unicode check being implicitly activated.

Addition 3

... PROGRAM TYPE pt

Effect

This addition specifies the attribute program type for the created or overwritten program in accordance with the setting in pt. pt must be a data object of the data type c and length 1 containing the ID of a program type. The following table shows the case-sensitive IDs of all ABAP program types.

ID Program Type
1 Executable program
F Function group or function pool
I Include program
J Interface pool
K Class pool
M Module pool
S Subroutine pool
T Type group or type pool

Addition 4

... FIXED-POINT ARITHMETIC fp

Effect

This addition specifies the attribute fixed point arithmetic for the created or overwritten program in accordance with the content of fp. fp must be a data object of the data type c and length 1 that has the value "X" or " ". The value "X" sets the fixed point arithmetic attribute, while the value " " deactivates it.

Addition 5

... UNICODE ENABLING uc

Effect

This addition specifies the setting of the Unicode check for the created or overwritten program in accordance with the content of uc. uc must be a data object of the data type c and length 1 that has the value "X" or " ". The value "X" activates the Unicode check while the value " " deactivates it.

Note

With this addition, the source code of non-Unicode programs can be overwritten from Unicode programs without the Unicode check being implicitly activated. Unicode programs can also be created from non-Unicode programs.

Addition 6

... DIRECTORY ENTRY dir

Effect

This addition specifies the program attributes for the created or overwritten program in accordance with the content of dir. dir must be structure of the data type TRDIR from ABAP Dictionary. The required program attributes can be specified in the components of this structure. Invalid contents result in invalid program attributes. All program attributes are obtained from dir, with the exception of the creation and change dates, and the corresponding times, program authors or last changed by attributes, and the version numbers. The latter are set to the same values as if no specification had been made.

Note

When using the DIRECTORY ENTRY addition, it is strongly recommended that the contents of dir are set only by reading the attributes of an existing program from the database table TRDIR.

Example

Partial conversion of a program to Unicode. A non-Unicode program is imported and, by means of an example, the DESCRIBE FIELD statement is converted to the syntax for Unicode systems. The source code of the program is then overwritten with the modified source code and the Unicode check is activated in the program attributes.

DATA: itab TYPE TABLE OF string,
      prog TYPE sy-repid,
      uc   TYPE trdir-uccheck.

FIELD-SYMBOLS <line> TYPE string.

prog = ...
SELECT SINGLE uccheck
       FROM trdir
       INTO  (uc)
       WHERE name    = prog AND
             uccheck = ' '.

IF sy-subrc = 0.
  READ REPORT prog INTO itab.
  LOOP AT itab ASSIGNING <line>.
    TRANSLATE <line> TO UPPER CASE.
    IF <line> CS 'DESCRIBE FIELD' AND
       <line> CS 'LENGTH' AND
       <line> NS 'MODE'.
      REPLACE '.' IN <line> WITH ' IN CHARACTER MODE.'.
    ENDIF.
    ...
  ENDLOOP.
  SYNTAX-CHECK FOR itab ...
  IF sy-subrc = 0.
    INSERT REPORT prog FROM itab UNICODE ENABLING 'X'.
  ENDIF.
ENDIF.


Exceptions

Catchable Exceptions

CX_SY_WRITE_SRC_LINE_TOO_LONG

Non-Catchable Exceptions




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