WAIT UP TO
Short Reference
ABAP Syntax WAIT UP TO sec SECONDS.
What does it do? This statement interrupts the execution of the program by
the number of seconds specified in sec . sec is a
numerical expression position
of operand type i to which positive numbers (and 0) can be
passed. The unit of the number in sec is seconds and the time
resolution is one second. After the specified time has passed, the
program continues with the statement following WAIT .
Return Codes
This statement always sets sy-subrc to 0.
Latest notes: Each time the statement WAIT is used, a
database commit is performed. For
this reason, WAIT must not be used between
Open SQL statements that open or
close a database cursor .
This statement also has the variant WAIT UNTIL
designed only to be used with callback routines and
aRFC , and which uses a greater time
resolution. The variant shown here does not wait for callback routines.
Runtime Exceptions Non-catchable Exceptions
Reason for error: Undefinierter Zustand der WAIT -Anweisung
Runtime error: WAIT_ILLEGAL_CONTROL_BLOCK
Reason for error: Negative time specified for sec .
Runtime error: WAIT_ILLEGAL_TIME_LIMIT
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