DB2CATTAB SAP (Info on Tables from DB2 Catalog Table SYSIBM.SYSTABLES) Structure details
Description: Info on Tables from DB2 Catalog Table SYSIBM.SYSTABLES
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
DB2CATTAB 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 Tables from DB2 Catalog Table SYSIBM.SYSTABLES" 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_DB2CATTAB TYPE DB2CATTAB.
The DB2CATTAB table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Info on Tables from DB2 Catalog Table SYSIBM.SYSTABLES data available in SAP. These include CREATOR (DB2 creator name), TYPE (Type of DB2 table), DBNAME (Database name), TSNAME (Name of the tablespace).. 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 DB2CATTAB 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 | DB2 table name | DB2TABNAME | CHAR | 18 | CHAR18 | ||||
| CREATOR | DB2 creator name | DB2CREATOR | CHAR | 8 | CHAR8 | ||||
| TYPE | Type of DB2 table | DB2TABTYP | CHAR | 1 | DB2TABTYP | ||||
| DBNAME | Database name | DB2DBNAME | CHAR | 8 | D2DBNAME | ||||
| TSNAME | Name of the tablespace | DB2TSNAME | CHAR | 8 | CHAR8 | ||||
| RECLENGTH | Maximum length (in bytes) of any record in the table | DB2RECLEN | INT4 | 10 | |||||
| CARDF | Total number of rows in the table | DB2CARDF | FLTP | 16(16) | FLOATING |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DB2CATTAB using ABAP code?
As DB2CATTAB 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 DB2CATTAB as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table DB2CATTAB
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DB2CATTAB 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