DBIF_INCL_INVALID_CURSOR SAP ABAP Runtime Error dbif incl invalid cursor

DBIF_INCL_INVALID_CURSOR is an ABAP runtime error which you may come across when using or developing within an SAP system. See below for the standard details explaining what it means and how you can avoid or fix this runtime error.

Short Dump Classification: K - No Error

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DBIF_INCL_INVALID_CURSOR ABAP Runtime Error

1. If the error occurs only in debugging:
Repeat the test that caused the error outside debugging mode. By doing this, you regenerate all the programs and screens required for the run and update them on the database, if necessary. You thereby eliminate one possible cause of the error.
If the error persists, it could be that the number of processes available for debugging has been exceeded. This is often due to a temporary bottleneck caused by too many users working in the debugging facility at the same time. If this bottleneck occurs frequently, you should check whether it is possible to make more processes available for debugging in this system.
2. If the error occurs outside debugging:
The problem cannot be resolved without correcting the application program.
The statements MESSAGE, COMMIT WORK, ROLLBACK WORK, CALL SCREEN, BREAK-POINT, WAIT, CALL FUNCTION ... DESTINATION, CALL FUNCTION ... STARTING NEW TASK, RECEIVE RESULTS, CALL SELECTION-SCREEN, CALL DIALOG, CALL TRANSACTION must not be used during a read action by an opened database cursor (for example, within a database loop).
You can collect the data required for these statements together in an internal table. Then you can process them in a loop via this internal table.
In the case of SELECT loops, the statement
SELECT * FROM ... INTO TABLE ...
is often useful for this purpose. Illegal interruption of a database selection. If the error occurs in debugging mode, you should first run the actions you want to test with debugging deactivated. If the error persists outside debugging, you must analyze the application program more closely. Please see none error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

One of the database selections included a database commit. The selection was then supposed to continue. However, before a database commit, all outstanding database selections must have completed.

Possible causes in the application program:
During the reading using a database cursor (within a loop (SELECT/LOOP/EXEC SQL) or before a FETCH command), one of the following statements is used:

- MESSAGE (except MESSAGE S...)
- COMMIT WORK
- ROLLBACK WORK
- BREAK-POINT
- WAIT
- CALL FUNCTION ... DESTINATION (synchronous RFC)
- CALL FUNCTION ... STARTING NEW TASK
- RECEIVE RESULTS
- CALL DIALOG
- CALL SELECTION-SCREEN
- CALL TRANSACTION
- CALL SCREEN or another statement that opens a new screen.

In debugging mode, a program sometimes triggers a "COMMIT WORK" during the database selection. As a result, while in debugging mode, this termination may also occur with a correct program.
A "COMMIT WORK" during debugging may be due to the following reasons:
1. A program or screen was regenerated and updated in the database.
2. Each user needs a private process in debugging mode, but the number of available processes is restricted. If this limit is exceeded, each debugging step requires a"COMMIT WORK".

The error occurred in a statement that accesses table <runtime parameter>. Please see abap error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

A database selection could not be completed.