/SDF/MSSTEXTTABLE SAP (SQL Server: Table with text or image column, space usage) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: SQL Server: Table with text or image column, space usage




ABAP Code to SELECT data from /SDF/MSSTEXTTABLE
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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

/SDF/MSSTEXTTABLE is a standard SAP Structure so does not store data like a database table does. It can be used to define the fields of other actual tables or to process "SQL Server: Table with text or image column, space usage" Information within sap ABAP programs.

This is done by declaring abap internal tables, work areas or database tables based on this Structure. These can then be used to store and process the required data appropriately.

i.e. DATA: wa_/SDF/MSSTEXTTABLE TYPE /SDF/MSSTEXTTABLE.

The /SDF/MSSTEXTTABLE table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about SQL Server: Table with text or image column, space usage data available in SAP. These include RESERVED (SQL Server reserved size of table), DATASIZE (SQL Server used size of table), INDEXSIZE (SQL Server size of all indexes), TOTALROWS (SQL Server number of rows in the table).. See below for full list along with technical details, documentation, text table, check tables, foreign key relationships, conversion routines, relevant tcodes and example ABAP select code etc. .

Delivery Class:
Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified


SAP /SDF/MSSTEXTTABLE structure fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary

Field Description Data Element Data Type length (Dec) Check table Conversion Routine Domain Name MemoryID SHLP
TABNAME SQL Server table name0
RESERVED SQL Server reserved size of table0
DATASIZE SQL Server used size of table0
INDEXSIZE SQL Server size of all indexes0
TOTALROWS SQL Server number of rows in the table0
COLNAME SQL Server column name0
COLRESERVED_MB SQL Server reserved size of column in MB0
COLDDICLENGTH SQL Server length of column from ddic in byte0
CALCSIZE_MB SQL Server calculated size of column from ddic in MB0
ROWDDICLENGTH SQL Server length of tabrow from ddic in byte0

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure /SDF/MSSTEXTTABLE using ABAP code?

As /SDF/MSSTEXTTABLE is a database structure and not a table it does not store any data in the SAP data dictionary. The ABAP SELECT statement is therefore not appropriate and can not be performed on /SDF/MSSTEXTTABLE as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table /SDF/MSSTEXTTABLE

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about /SDF/MSSTEXTTABLE and the data within it using relevant transactions such as

SE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).


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