! given as input to an obligatory parameter

[Former Member]

Parameters:
d_char OBLIGATORY.

write d_char.

Why is it giving an error ' make an entry in all req fields' if input is given as !??

[MarcinPciak]

Am not old enough to remember SAP R/2, so can't tell you from my experience but I found this on Internet

I have been told by an R/2 guy that this problem has a historical reason, in R/2 exclamation mark ("!") is considered as space and R/3 is inherited from R/2 so R/3 still considers "!" as space though it recognizes blank as well. But I don't get any chance to validate his version. 

Whether it's true or not, I am not right one to decide, but seems like this is kind of bug which wasn't fixed by SAP in futher releases.

Regards

Marcin

[Former Member]

Hi ArchanaSAP,

I remember trying this years ago.

For ?,

this was the explanation.

"Fields in which you must enter data are prefilled with a check mark or question mark ("?") by the system. "

You can find the same, if you click on the "fill in all data in required fields" message.

Edited by: Mallikarjuna J on May 17, 2011 3:09 PM

[ThomasZloch]

Entering ! as the first character in a selection field clears all content.

Thomas

[Former Member]

Thank You Thomas, It helped.

When I gave any text preceded by ! , i got the same error.Yes, It clears the content of the selection screen field.