DB2CATINX SAP (Info on Indexes from DB2 Catalog Table SYSIBM.SYSINDEXES) Structure details
Description: Info on Indexes from DB2 Catalog Table SYSIBM.SYSINDEXES
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
DB2CATINX 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 "Info on Indexes from DB2 Catalog Table SYSIBM.SYSINDEXES" 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_DB2CATINX TYPE DB2CATINX.
The DB2CATINX table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Info on Indexes from DB2 Catalog Table SYSIBM.SYSINDEXES data available in SAP. These include CREATOR (DB2 creator name), TBNAME (DB2 table name), TBCREATOR (DB2 creator name), INDEXSPACE (DB2 indexspace name).. 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 DB2CATINX 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 |
| NAME | Index name | DB2INXNAME | CHAR | 18 | CHAR18 | ||||
| CREATOR | DB2 creator name | DB2CREATOR | CHAR | 8 | CHAR8 | ||||
| TBNAME | DB2 table name | DB2TABNAME | CHAR | 18 | CHAR18 | ||||
| TBCREATOR | DB2 creator name | DB2CREATOR | CHAR | 8 | CHAR8 | ||||
| INDEXSPACE | DB2 indexspace name | DB2ISNAME | CHAR | 8 | CHAR8 | ||||
| DBNAME | Database name | DB2DBNAME | CHAR | 8 | D2DBNAME | ||||
| NLEAF | Number of active leaf pages in the index | DB2NLEAF | INT4 | 10 | |||||
| PGSIZE | DB2 for OS/390 page size in KBytes | DB2PGSIZE | INT2 | 5 | DB2PGSIZE |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DB2CATINX using ABAP code?
As DB2CATINX 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 DB2CATINX as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table DB2CATINX
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DB2CATINX and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
Search for further information about these or an SAP related objects