ABAP MODIFY DBTAB OBSOLETE Statement syntax, information and example SAP source code

MODIFY dbtab - VERSION

Short Reference

ABAP Syntax MODIFY { dbtab | *dbtab } VERSION vers.

What does it do? This variant of the MODIFY statement works essentially like the short form of the
Open SQL statement , but belongs, along with the VERSION addition, to the obsolete access statements
for which the name of a database table must be specified for dbtab that begins with "T" and comprises no more than five characters.
If the VERSION addition is used, database table dbtab is not processed; instead, the table whose name is made up of "T" and the content of vers is processed. For vers , a data object with no more than four characters and of type c must be specified. The content of rows will continue to be obtained from table work area dbtab or dbtab* . The statement is not executed if the database table does not exist or does not fulfill the naming conventions given above.
Latest notes: The VERSION addition is not permitted in classes. Instead, specify the database table dynamically at its operand position in Open SQL .
None of the additions possible in Open SQL can be specified with VERSION .