SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP Release 740, ©Copyright 2014 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
Cannot Use Short Forms
In ABAP Objects, the following statements cause an error message:
SELECT ... FROM dbtab
INSERT dbtab.
UPDATE dbtab.
DELETE dbtab.
MODIFY dbtab.
Correct syntax:
DATA wa TYPE dbtab.
SELECT ... FROM dbtab INTO wa.
INSERT dbtab FROM wa.
or
INSERT INTO dbtab VALUES wa.
UPDATE dbtab FROM wa.
or
UPDATE dbtab SET ... .
DELETE dbtab FROM wa.
or
DELETE FROM dbtab WHERE ...
MODIFY dbtab FROM wa.
Cause:
Separating database names and ABAP work areas makes programs easier to read. To work
with short forms, you need to declare table work areas using the TABLES, which is not allowed in ABAP objects.
Note:
This does not apply to SELECT statements in sub-queries. You
cannot use the INTO clause with a sub-query. See the EXISTS
construction of the WHERE and HAVING clauses of
the SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, and OPEN CURSOR statements.