ABAP CDS annotations add metadata to a CDS object (mainly CDS entities) that goes beyond the syntax features of the SQL (DDL) part of its definition. An annotation is specified in the CDS source code of a CDS object using the annotation syntax @... t...
You know the ABAP console of ADT that allows to use out->write in the main method of classes that implement interface if_oo_adt_classrun in order to write the content of ABAP data objects to a text console.
You might also know the interface if_demo_...
The ABAP Keyword Documentation is a special kind of SAP documentation that you normally see after using F1 in a source code editor of ADT or ABAP Workbench. ABAP Keyword Documentation is system documentation delivered with every AS ABAP, but you can ...
A syntax
SELECT * EXCEPT col1, col2, ...
to select all columns but those listed behind EXCEPT is not supported in most SQL variants, see e.g. discussions in stackoverflow.
Alas, it is not supported in ABAP SQL either.
But instead of working wit GTT...
Normally, you use ABAP at a very high level, just think of RAP for example. From time to time, however, it can be useful to remember the absolute basics. Using the example of elementary data objects, let's look at the absolute basis of all data proce...
Of course, the ABAP SQL syntax cannot be transferred to the DB Cockpit. You enter native SQL in the SAP GUI SQL Editor. If the underlying DB does not support IS INITIAL, you cannot use it.ABAP SQL's IS INTIAL depends on ABAP data types (built-in DDIC...
Hi Christian,
Language colleagues have fixed it in the current release 7.96/8.16 (2405/2025) but there will be no patch. Feel free to open a customer incident, if you require patching.
Kind regards
Horst
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