DB2QWPB SAP (Application Programming Defaults (DB2 for OS390)) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: Application Programming Defaults (DB2 for OS390)




ABAP Code to SELECT data from DB2QWPB
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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

DB2QWPB 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 "Application Programming Defaults (DB2 for OS390)" 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_DB2QWPB TYPE DB2QWPB.

The DB2QWPB table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Application Programming Defaults (DB2 for OS390) data available in SAP. These include QWPBMID (The EBCDIC mixed coded character set ID), QWPBGID (The EBCDIC graphic coded character set ID), QWPBASID (The ASCII single-byte coded character set ID), QWPBAMID (The ASCII mixed coded character set ID).. 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 DB2QWPB 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
QWPBSIDThe EBCDIC single-byte coded character set ID DB2WPBSIDINT410
QWPBMIDThe EBCDIC mixed coded character set ID DB2WPBMIDINT410
QWPBGIDThe EBCDIC graphic coded character set ID DB2WPBGIDINT410
QWPBASIDThe ASCII single-byte coded character set ID DB2WPBASIDINT410
QWPBAMIDThe ASCII mixed coded character set ID DB2WPBAMIDINT410
QWPBARIndicates the rules of precision for a decimal field DB2WPBARCHAR10DB2CHAR10L
QWPBDRULWhether DSNHDECP values are used for dynamic SQL statements DB2WPBDRULCHAR3DB2CHAR03L
QWPBDEWhether the decimal contains a comma (,) or a period (.) DB2WPBDECHAR8DB2CHAR08L
QWPBCHARThe default character set, which can be ALPHANUM or KATAKANA DB2WPBCHARCHAR8CHAR8
QWPBENSThe default encoding scheme, which can be ASCII or EBCDIC. DB2WPBENSCHAR8CHAR8
QWPBLANGThe default programming language for your site DB2WPBLANGCHAR8CHAR8
QWPBGRADefault mixed graphic DB2WPBGRACHAR3DB2CHAR03L
QWPBSDLThe string delimiter for SQL DB2WPBSDLCHAR10DB2CHAR10L
QWPBDSDDistributed SQL string delimiter DB2WPBDSDCHAR10DB2CHAR10L
QWPBDATEThe default output format for dates DB2WPBDATECHAR10CHAR10
QWPBTIMEThe default output format for times DB2WPBTIMECHAR10CHAR10
QWPBDLENLocal date length DB2WPBDLENINT25DB2SINT
QWPBTLENLocal time length DB2WPBTLENINT25DB2SINT
QWPBSQLSQL language support level DB2WPBSQLCHAR3DB2CHAR03L
QWPBAGIDASCII GBCS CCSID DB2WPBAGIDINT410DB2INT4
QWPBDELDefault delimiter DB2WPBDELCHAR10DB2CHAR10L
QWPBLCTPDefault locale LC_CTYPE DB2WPBLCTPCHAR50DB2CHAR50L
QWPBUSID 0
QWPBUMID 0
QWPBUGID 0
QWPBAPSCApplication encoding scheme DB2WPAPSCCHAR30CHAR30

Key field Non-key field



How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DB2QWPB using ABAP code?

As DB2QWPB 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 DB2QWPB as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table DB2QWPB

Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DB2QWPB 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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