Upload Tab delimited file from application server into internal table
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ABAP code for uploading a TAB delimited file into an internal table. See code below for structures. The
code is base on uploading a simple txt file.
*&———————————————————————*
*& Report ZUPLOADTAB *
*& *
*&———————————————————————*
*& Example of Uploading tab delimited file *
*& *
*&———————————————————————*
REPORT zuploadtab .
PARAMETERS: p_infile LIKE rlgrap-filename
OBLIGATORY DEFAULT ‘/usr/sap/’..
DATA: ld_file LIKE rlgrap-filename.
*Internal tabe to store upload data
TYPES: BEGIN OF t_record,
name1 like pa0002-VORNA,
name2 like pa0002-name2,
age type i,
END OF t_record.
DATA: it_record TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF t_record INITIAL SIZE 0,
wa_record TYPE t_record.
*Text version of data table
TYPES: begin of t_uploadtxt,
name1(10) type c,
name2(15) type c,
age(5) type c,
end of t_uploadtxt.
DATA: wa_uploadtxt TYPE t_uploadtxt.
*String value to data in initially.
DATA: wa_string(255) type c.
constants: con_tab TYPE x VALUE ’09’.
*If you have Unicode check active in program attributes then you will
*need to declare constants as follows:
*class cl_abap_char_utilities definition load.
*constants:
* con_tab type c value cl_abap_char_utilities=>HORIZONTAL_TAB.
************************************************************************
*START-OF-SELECTION
START-OF-SELECTION.
ld_file = p_infile.
OPEN DATASET ld_file FOR INPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.
IF sy-subrc NE 0.
ELSE.
DO.
CLEAR: wa_string, wa_uploadtxt.
READ DATASET ld_file INTO wa_string.
IF sy-subrc NE 0.
EXIT.
ELSE.
SPLIT wa_string AT con_tab INTO wa_uploadtxt-name1
wa_uploadtxt-name2
wa_uploadtxt-age.
MOVE-CORRESPONDING wa_uploadtxt TO wa_upload.
APPEND wa_upload TO it_record.
ENDIF.
ENDDO.
CLOSE DATASET ld_file.
ENDIF.
************************************************************************
*END-OF-SELECTION
END-OF-SELECTION.
*!! Text data is now contained within the internal table IT_RECORD
* Display report data for illustration purposes
loop at it_record into wa_record.
write:/ sy-vline,
(10) wa_record-name1, sy-vline,
(10) wa_record-name2, sy-vline,
(10) wa_record-age, sy-vline.
endloop.

Darlington said,
September 21, 2007 at 10:06 am
Lovely… But how do you convert this one for it to upload comma delimited file? Tried to change con_tab value to 2C but it’s not working. Is it convertable since it’s using a standard FM?