ABAP MODIFY OBSOLETE Statement syntax and functionality in SAP

MODIFY dbtab - Short form

Short Reference

ABAP Syntax(Obsolete) MODIFY { dbtab | *dbtab } ... .

What does it do? This statement is a short form of the following Open SQL statement for accessing an individual database table dbtab :
MODIFY dbtab FROM { dbtab | *dbtab } ... .
The explicit specification of a work area is missing in the short form. A table work area dbtab or *dbtab is used implicitly as the work area. The table work area must be declared using TABLES . If the name *dbtab is used instead of the name of the database table dbtab , dbtab is accessed, but the additional table work area is used.

Latest notes: The short form is not allowed in classes. Instead, use an explicit work area.

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