DX040L SAP (Nametab Header, Database Structure DDNTT) Structure details
Description: Nametab Header, Database Structure DDNTT
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
DX040L 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 "Nametab Header, Database Structure DDNTT" 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_DX040L TYPE DX040L.
The DX040L table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Nametab Header, Database Structure DDNTT data available in SAP. These include DBASE (Internal Name for Database), UUID (Global Unique ID for table), CRSTAMP (Time of nametab generation), ABSTAMP (ABAP Time Stamp).. 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 DX040L 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 | 4.0 version of TABNAME (name extension) | V4TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | CHAR30 | ||||
DBASE | Internal Name for Database | INTBASE | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 | ||||
UUID | Global Unique ID for table | UUID | RAW | 16 | UUID | ||||
CRSTAMP | Time of nametab generation | CRSTAMP | CHAR | 14 | TIMESTMP | ||||
ABSTAMP | ABAP Time Stamp | ABSTAMP | CHAR | 14 | TIMESTMP | ||||
DYSTAMP | Screen time stamp | DYSTAMP | CHAR | 14 | TIMESTMP | ||||
FLDCNT | Number of table fields | FLDCNT | RAW | 2 | NTABLONG | ||||
TABLEN | Table length in bytes | TABLENGTH | RAW | 4 | DDRAW4 | ||||
KEYCNT | Number of key fields in table | KEYCNT | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
KEYLEN | Length of Table Key in Bytes | KEYLENGTH | RAW | 2 | NTABLONG | ||||
CLPOS | Position number of the client field in the table | CLPOS | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
TABTYPE | Type of the Dictionary object | TABTYPE | CHAR | 1 | TABTYPE | ||||
TABFORM | How the Dictionary object is implemented in the database | TABFORM | CHAR | 1 | TABFORM | ||||
REFNAME | 4.0 version of TABNAME (name extension) | V4TABNAME | CHAR | 30 | CHAR30 | ||||
FLAGBYTE | Flag of length 1 byte for table attributes | TABFLAG_D | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
EXROUT | Flag if table to be compressed | EXROUT | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
FLAG3 | Flag of length 1 byte for table attributes | TABFLAG_D | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
FLAG4 | Flag of length 1 byte for table attributes | TABFLAG_D | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
FLAG5 | Flag of length 1 byte for table attributes | TABFLAG_D | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
FLAG6 | Flag of length 1 byte for table attributes | TABFLAG_D | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
BUFSTATE | Buffering type of table | BUFSTATE | CHAR | 1 | BUFSTATE | ||||
BUFPARM | Supplementary information in generic buffering | BUFPARM | RAW | 2 | NTABLONG | ||||
ALIGN | Table alignment | ALIGNMENT | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
POINTERLG | Pointer length with which nametab was generated | POINTERLG | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT | ||||
UNICODELG | Unicode length with which runtime object was generated | UNICODELG | RAW | 1 | NTABSHORT |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure DX040L using ABAP code?
As DX040L 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 DX040L as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table DX040L
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about DX040L 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