INFTABS SAP (INFORMIX: (Technical) Information for a Table) Structure details

Dictionary Type: Structure
Description: INFORMIX: (Technical) Information for a Table




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Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples

INFTABS 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: (Technical) Information for a Table" 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_INFTABS TYPE INFTABS.

The INFTABS table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about INFORMIX: (Technical) Information for a Table data available in SAP. These include INIT_EXT (Size of Initial Extent (KB)), NEXT_EXT (NextExtent: Size of next extent), N_EXT (INFORMIX: Number of 'extents' (for specified table)), TOTAL_SZ (INFORMIX: Size of a table (in KB)).. 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 INFTABS 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
TABNAMEInformix Monitor Table Name INFTABNAMECHAR18CHAR18
INIT_EXTSize of Initial Extent (KB) INITEXTENTINT410SINT4_NOS
NEXT_EXTNextExtent: Size of next extent NEXT_EXTINT410
N_EXTINFORMIX: Number of 'extents' (for specified table) INFTABEXTSINT25INT2
TOTAL_SZINFORMIX: Size of a table (in KB) INFTABSIZEINT410INT4
USED_SZINFORMIX: Size of a table (in KB) INFTABSIZEINT410INT4
DATA_SZINFORMIX: Size of a table (in KB) INFTABSIZEINT410INT4
N_ROWSNumber of Rows in Table NROWSINT410SINT4_NOS
N_COLSINFORMIX: Number of columns for a table INFTABCOLINT25INT2
ROW_SZINFORMIX: Line size of a table (in bytes) INFROWSIZEINT410INT4
N_INDINFORMIX: Number of indexes (for specified table) NINDEXESINT25INT2
DBSNAMEDBSpace Name DBSNAMECHAR18CHAR18
FRAG_FLINFORMIX: Is the current table a fragment? ('sysfragments') INFFRAGFLCHAR1CHAR1

Key field Non-key field



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

As INFTABS 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 INFTABS as there is no data to select.

How to access SAP table INFTABS

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