Get meta data of a table

From Theobald Software

German Version: Spalteninformationen zu einer SAP-Tabelle abrufen

The code snippet shows, how to obtain the meta data of a SAP table by using the ReadTable class.

After calling RetrieveAllFieldsOfTable() the Fields collection is filled with detailed information on each column.

[C#]

R3Connection con = new R3Connection("hamlet", 11, "Theobald", 
    "XX", "DE", "800");
 
con.Open();
 
ReadTable read = new ReadTable(con);
read.TableName = "MKPF";
read.RetrieveAllFieldsOfTable();
 
for(int i=0; i < read.Fields.Count; i++)
    Console.WriteLine(read.Fields[i].FieldName + " (" +
        read.Fields[i].ABAPType + ", " + read.Fields[i].Length + ")");
 
con.Close();