INFDEVS SAP (INFORMIX: Information About a 'device' (-> 'chunks')) Structure details
Description: INFORMIX: Information About a 'device' (-> 'chunks')
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
INFDEVS 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 "INFORMIX: Information About a 'device' (-> 'chunks')" 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_INFDEVS TYPE INFDEVS.
The INFDEVS table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about INFORMIX: Information About a 'device' (-> 'chunks') data available in SAP. These include RAWDEVNAME (INFORMIX: 'basename' of a (chunk) 'raw device'), DBSNAME (DBSpace Name), DBSNO (INFORMIX: (Internal) 'dbspace' number), CHUNKNO (INFORMIX: Chunk number).. 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 INFDEVS 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 |
| DEVICE | Last no. in '.../sapdata/physdev1' or drive ID (WinNT) | INFDEVNO | CHAR | 5 | CHAR5 | ||||
| RAWDEVNAME | INFORMIX: 'basename' of a (chunk) 'raw device' | INFRAWNAM | CHAR | 25 | CHAR25 | ||||
| DBSNAME | DBSpace Name | DBSNAME | CHAR | 18 | CHAR18 | ||||
| DBSNO | INFORMIX: (Internal) 'dbspace' number | INFDBSNO | INT2 | 5 | INT2 | ||||
| CHUNKNO | INFORMIX: Chunk number | CHUNKNUM | INT2 | 5 | INFSMINT | ||||
| OFFSET | INFORMIX: Offset of a 'chunk' in the 'raw device' (in KB) | INFCHKOFFS | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| CHUNK_SZ | INFORMIX: Total size of a 'chunk' (in KB) | INFCHKSIZE | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| FREE_SZ | INFORMIX: Freespace in a 'chunk' (in KB) | INFCHKFREE | INT4 | 10 | INT4 | ||||
| CHUNK_FL | INFORMIX: 'Chunk' status (online, offline,...) | INFCHKTEXT | CHAR | 15 | CHAR15 | ||||
| MIRROR | Mirrored Chunk | MIRRORED | CHAR | 1 | CHAR1 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure INFDEVS using ABAP code?
As INFDEVS 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 INFDEVS as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table INFDEVS
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about INFDEVS 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