ORATS SAP (Table Parameters for ORACLE, Version 8) Structure details
Description: Table Parameters for ORACLE, Version 8
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
ORATS 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 Parameters for ORACLE, Version 8" 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_ORATS TYPE ORATS.
The ORATS table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Table Parameters for ORACLE, Version 8 data available in SAP. These include INIT (Size of an initial ORACLE extent in KB), NEXT (Size of an ORACLE next extent in KB), MINEXT (Minimum number of ORACLE extents), MAXEXT (Maximum number of ORACLE extents).. 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: Can be enhanced (character-type or numeric)
SAP ORATS 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 |
| TABSPACE | Tablespace Name for ORACLE | ORATSPNAME | CHAR | 30 | TSORA | ORATSPNAME | |||
| INIT | Size of an initial ORACLE extent in KB | ORAINIT | NUMC | 10 | ORAEXT | ||||
| NEXT | Size of an ORACLE next extent in KB | ORANEXT | NUMC | 10 | ORAEXT | ||||
| MINEXT | Minimum number of ORACLE extents | ORAMINEXT | NUMC | 10 | ORAEXTNUM | ||||
| MAXEXT | Maximum number of ORACLE extents | ORAMAXEXT | NUMC | 10 | ORAEXTNUM | ||||
| PCTINC | PCTincrease - parameters | PCTINC | NUMC | 4 | PCTINC | ||||
| OFREELIST | DD: Number of free storage lists per group | OFREELISTS | NUMC | 3 | OFREELISTS | ||||
| OFREEGROUP | DD: Number of groups of free lists | OFREEGROUP | NUMC | 2 | OFREEGROUP | ||||
| OPCTFREE | DD: Reserved storage area for updates | OPCTFREE | NUMC | 2 | OPCTFREE | ||||
| OPCTUSED | DD: Lower limit for assignment of data blocks | OPCTUSED | NUMC | 2 | OPCTUSED | ||||
| INITRANS | DD: Initial Number of TRs | 0 | |||||||
| INDEXORG | Flag if table has structure INDEX ORGANISATION | INDEXORG | CHAR | 1 | DDBOOL | ||||
| PARTBY | Partition category | PARTBY | CHAR | 12 | PARTBY | ||||
| SUBPARTBY | Subpartitioning (Oracle 10) | SUBPARTBY | CHAR | 12 | SUBPARTBY | ||||
| DEFAULT | Database default | DBSSTORDEF | CHAR | 1 | DBSSTORDEF | ||||
| COMPR_CLAUSE | Oracle Compression Definition (as of Oracle 11) | ORACOMPRESS | CHAR | 40 |
| Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure ORATS using ABAP code?
As ORATS 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 ORATS as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table ORATS
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about ORATS 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