TYPES - lob_handle_columns
ABAP Syntax ... { COLUMNS blob1 blob2 ... clob1 clob2 ... }
| { ALL [OTHER] [BLOB|CLOB] COLUMNS } ...
What does it do? These additions determine which columns of the database
table or the view dbtab are declared as
LOB handle components
when deriving a LOB handle
structure using the TYPES
statement.
COLUMNS blob1 blob2 ... clob1 clob2 ...
specifies individual BLOB s blob1 ,
blob2 , ... or CLOB s clob1 ,
clob2 , .... These must exist in dbtab .
ALL OTHER BLOB|CLOB COLUMNS
specifies all dbtab BLOB s or
CLOB s which are not included in the
specification of individual columns. In the
TYPES statement, at least one individual column, blob
or clob , must be specified using COLUMNS ... .
ALL BLOB|CLOB COLUMNS
specifies all dbtab BLOB s or
CLOB s .
ALL OTHER COLUMNS
specifies all dbtab LOB s which are
not included in the specification of individual columns. In the
TYPES statement, at least one
individual column must be specified using COLUMNS ... .
ALL COLUMNS
specifies all LOB s of dbtab .
No other type of column specification can follow in the
TYPES statement after an ALL
OTHER ... column specification.
The combination possibilities of column specifications with one
another and with the type specifications
lob_handle_type are explained with the
TYPES statement.
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