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Values of Sy-Subrc After ABAP Statements

The document describes how different ABAP statements set the return code SY-SUBRC to indicate whether the statement executed successfully or encountered an error. SY-SUBRC is typically set to 0 if successful or a non-zero value like 4, 8, or 12 if an error occurs. Statements like ASSIGN, CALL FUNCTION, COMMIT WORK, INSERT, READ TABLE, and UPDATE set SY-SUBRC to 0 for success and 4 or another value for errors.

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Values of Sy-Subrc After ABAP Statements

The document describes how different ABAP statements set the return code SY-SUBRC to indicate whether the statement executed successfully or encountered an error. SY-SUBRC is typically set to 0 if successful or a non-zero value like 4, 8, or 12 if an error occurs. Statements like ASSIGN, CALL FUNCTION, COMMIT WORK, INSERT, READ TABLE, and UPDATE set SY-SUBRC to 0 for success and 4 or another value for errors.

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Values of SY-SUBRC on different ABAP statements

'sy-subrc' is a return code, set by the following ABAP statements.


As a rule, if SY-SUBRC = 0, the statement was executed successfully.
1. ASSIGN sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the field symbol assignment was possible, otherwise to
4.
2. AUTHORITY-CHECK sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the user has the required authorization,
otherwise to 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, or 36 depending on the cause of the authorization
failure.
3. CALL DIALOG with USING sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the processing is successful,
otherwise to a value other than 0.
4. CALL FUNCTION sets SY-SUBRC in accordance with the defined exception handling.
5. CALL METHOD sets SY-SUBRC in accordance with the defined exception handling.
6. CALL SELECTION-SCREEN sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the user chooses Enter or Execute,
and 4 if the user chooses Cancel.
7. CALL TRANSACTION with USING sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the processing is
successful, otherwise to a value other than 0.
8. CATCH SYSTEM-EXCEPTIONS sets SY-SUBRC after the ENDCATCH statement if a
system exception occurs. The value is set in the program.
9. COMMIT WORK sets SY-SUBRC to 0. COMMIT WORK AND WAIT sets SY-SUBRC
to 0 if the update is successful, otherwise to a value other than 0.
10. COMMUNICATION INIT DESTINATION ... RETURNCODE sets SY-SUBRC as
specified.
11. CONCATENATE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the result fits into the target variable, otherwise
to 4.
12. CREATE OBJECT sets SY-SUBRC if the exceptions of the instance constructor are
handled in the program.
13. CREATE OBJECT in OLE2 sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if an external object could be created,
otherwise to 1, 2, or 3, depending on the cause.
14. DELETE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the operation is successful, otherwise to 4 or another
value other than 0, depending on the cause.
15. DEMAND ... MESSAGES INTO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the message table is empty,
otherwise to a value other than 0.
16. DESCRIBE LIST sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the line or list exists, otherwise to 4 or 8.

17. EXEC SQL - ENDEXEC sets SY-SUBRC to 0 in nearly all cases. It does, however, set
SYSUBRC to 4 if no entry is read in a FETCH statement.
18. FETCH sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one line was read, otherwise to 4.
19. GENERATE SUBROUTINE POOL sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the generation was
successful, otherwise to 8.
20. GET CURSOR sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the cursor is correctly positioned, otherwise to 4.
21. GET PARAMETER sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if a corresponding value exists in SAP
memory, otherwise to 4.
22. IMPORT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the import is successful, otherwise to 4.
23. INSERT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the operation is successful, otherwise to 4.
24. LOAD REPORT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the operation is successful, otherwise to 4 or 8
depending on the cause of the error.
25. LOOP sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if there is at least one pass through the extract. Otherwise, it
is set to a value other than 0.
26. LOOP AT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if there is at least one loop pass through the internal table,
otherwise to 4.
27. MODIFY sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the operation is successful, otherwise to 4.
28. MODIFY LINE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if a line in the list was changed, otherwise it sets it
to a value other than 0.
29. MODIFY sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the operation is successful, otherwise to 4.
30. OLE2 Automation, executed successfully, otherwise 1, 2, 3, or 4, depending on the cause
of the error.
31. OPEN DATASET sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the file could be opened, otherwise to 8.
32. Open SQL statements set SY-SUBRC to 0 if the operation is successful, otherwise to a
value other than 0.
33. OVERLAY sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one character is overlaid, otherwise to 4.
34. READ DATASET sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the read operation was successful, otherwise to
4 or 8, depending on the cause of the error.
35. READ LINE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if a list line exists, otherwise to a value other than 0.
36. READ TABLE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if table lines are found, otherwise to 2, 4, or 8,
depending on the context and cause of the error.

37. REPLACE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the search string was replaced, otherwise to a value
other than 0.
38. SCROLL sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the scrolling within the list was successful, otherwise to
4 or 8, depending on the cause.
39. SEARCH sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the search string was found, otherwise to 4.
40. SELECT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if at least one line was read, otherwise to 4, or possibly 8
in SELECT SINGLE FOR UPDATE.
41. SET COUNTRY sets SY-SUBRC if the country code exists in table T005X, otherwise to
4.
42. SET BIT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the bit could be set, otherwise to a value other than 0.
43. SET TITLEBAR sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the title exists, otherwise to 4.
44. SHIFT ... UP TO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the position could be found within the string,
otherwise to 4.
45. SPLIT sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the sizes of the target fields are adequate, otherwise to 4.
46. UPDATE sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the operation is successful, otherwise to 4.
47. WRITE ... TO sets SY-SUBRC to 0 if the assignment is successful, otherwise to 4.

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