ABAP Obsolete Statement: TABLES
As part of the Obsolete statement series , today's post is about TABLES statement. Syntax: TABLES wa_table . Example: It declares a data object wa_table as a table work area whose data type is taken from the identically named table wa_table in the ABAP dictionary. DB tables and views can be used to declare their work areas using TABLES statement. Table work areas declared using TABLES are interface work areas ( a special data object that can act as a cross-program interface between program and screens or logical databases. The statement TABLES is not allowed within classes anyway. Since obsolete database accesses requiring the statement TABLES and shared data areas between programs are not allowed, there is no need to use the statement TABLES . In other words , The main purpose of the TABLES statement is to act as an interface work area to share data across programs and screens, since the shared data areas between programs are not allowed, the tables