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Discrepancy in OUTPUTLEN in ALV_FIELDCATALOG_MERGE and Data Dictionary

Former Member

‎06-25-2010 9:52 AM

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Hi Gurus,

I have a program that uses ALV_FIELDCATALOG_MERGE to create a dynamic table. When running it using table VICDCONDCALC or VICDCONDDIST the output length produced for field CALCNUMBER (data element RECDCALCNUMBER) is 6 however when trying to view it in the data dictionary table like DD04L the output length is 5. When I debugged the program there is a statement IMPORT NAMETAB X030L_WA X031L_TAB ID TABNAME. in FM DD_GET_NAMETAB after it passes through this statement the internal table X031L_TAB has the field above with 6 as the External length. Where does the FM retrieved the value 6? Is there any database/transparent table in SAP that I could use to query the table that will produce value of 6?

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Former Member

‎06-25-2010 11:27 AM

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There is always a problem with output length in the FM - REUSE_ALV_FIELDCATALOG_MERGE. Go to utilities> settings>ABAP Editor --> Editor --> select the check box Downwards-comp line (72). Try to run the program I think the output length will be same for both.

Hope it will work.

Regards,

Preetham