DBNTAB SAP (Table Containing Data about Nametab Database Differences) Structure details
Description: Table Containing Data about Nametab Database Differences
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
DBNTAB 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 "Table Containing Data about Nametab Database Differences" 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_DBNTAB TYPE DBNTAB.
The DBNTAB table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Table Containing Data about Nametab Database Differences data available in SAP. These include FIELDNAME (Field Name), NTPOSITION (Position number of table field in database), DTYP (Data Type in ABAP Dictionary), NTDBLENGTH (Length of field in ABAP).. 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 DBNTAB 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 | Table Name | TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | AS4TAB | DTB | ||
| FIELDNAME | Field Name | FIELDNAME | CHAR | 30 | Assigned to domain | FDNAME | DFD | ||
| NTPOSITION | Position number of table field in database | FLPOS | RAW | 2 | NTABLONG | ||||
| DTYP | Data Type in ABAP Dictionary | DATATYPE_D | CHAR | 4 | DTYPE | DATATYPE | |||
| NTDBLENGTH | Length of field in ABAP | DBLENGTH | RAW | 2 | NTABLONG | ||||
| NTDECIMALS | Number of decimal places in the field | INTDECIM | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
| NTDIGITS | Dictionary length for DEC, CURR, QUAN types | DDINTLENG | RAW | 2 | NTABLONG | ||||
| NTKEYPOS | Position of the index column within the indexes (1,2..) | KEYPOS | NUMC | 4 | KEYPOS | ||||
| DBTYPE | Database type | DBTYPE | CHAR | 20 | DBTYPE | ||||
| DBLENGTH | Length of Field (Number of Characters) | DDLEN | NUMC | 4 | DDLEN | ||||
| DBDECIMALS | Number of Decimal Places | DECIMALS | NUMC | 6 | DDLENG | ||||
| DBPOSITION | Length of Field (Number of Characters) | DDLEN | NUMC | 4 | DDLEN | ||||
| DBKEYPOS | Position of the index column within the indexes (1,2..) | KEYPOS | NUMC | 4 | KEYPOS | ||||
| DIFFERENCE | Specification of difference between two data types | DIFFTYPE | CHAR | 1 | AS4FLAG |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DBNTAB using ABAP code?
As DBNTAB 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 DBNTAB as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table DBNTAB
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DBNTAB 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