Different select statements

For all entries The for all entries creates a where clause, where all the entries in the driver table are combined with OR. If the number of entries in the driver table is larger than rsdb/max_blocking_factor, several similar SQL statements are executed to limit the length of the WHERE clause. The plus Large amount of data Mixing processing and reading of data Fast internal reprocessing of data Fast The Minus Difficult to program/understand Memory could be critical (use FREE or PACKAGE size) Some steps that might make FOR ALL ENTRIES more efficient: Removing duplicates from the the driver table Sorting the driver table If possible, convert the data in the driver table to ranges so a BETWEEN statement is used instead of and OR statement: FOR ALL ENTRIES IN i_tab WHERE mykey >= i_tab-low and mykey <= i_tab-high. Nested selects The plus: Small amount of data Mixing processing and reading of data Easy to code - and understand The minus: Large amount of data when mixed processing isnt needed Performance killer no. 1 Select using JOINS The plus Very large amount of data Similar to Nested selects - when the accesses are planned by the programmer In some cases the fastest Not so memory critical The minus Very difficult to program/understand Mixing processing and reading of data not possible Use the selection criteria SELECT * FROM SBOOK. CHECK: SBOOK-CARRID = 'LH' AND SBOOK-CONNID = '0400'. ENDSELECT. SELECT * FROM SBOOK WHERE CARRID = 'LH' AND CONNID = '0400'. ENDSELECT. Use the aggregated functions

C4A = '000'. SELECT * FROM T100 WHERE SPRSL = 'D' AND ARBGB = '00'. CHECK: T100-MSGNR > C4A. C4A = T100-MSGNR. ENDSELECT. SELECT MAX( MSGNR ) FROM T100 INTO C4A WHERE SPRSL = 'D' AND ARBGB = '00'. Select with view SELECT * FROM DD01L WHERE DOMNAME LIKE 'CHAR%' AND AS4LOCAL = 'A'. SELECT SINGLE * FROM DD01T WHERE DOMNAME = DD01L-DOMNAME AND AS4LOCAL = 'A' AND AS4VERS = DD01L-AS4VERS AND DDLANGUAGE = SY-LANGU. ENDSELECT. SELECT * FROM DD01V WHERE DOMNAME LIKE 'CHAR%' AND DDLANGUAGE = SY-LANGU. ENDSELECT. Select with index support SELECT * FROM T100 WHERE ARBGB = '00' AND MSGNR = '999'. ENDSELECT. SELECT * FROM T002. SELECT * FROM T100 WHERE SPRSL = T002-SPRAS AND ARBGB = '00' AND MSGNR = '999'. ENDSELECT. ENDSELECT. Select Into table REFRESH X006. SELECT * FROM T006 INTO X006. APPEND X006. ENDSELECT SELECT * FROM T006 INTO TABLE X006.

Select with selection list SELECT * FROM DD01L WHERE DOMNAME LIKE 'CHAR%' AND AS4LOCAL = 'A'.

ENDSELECT SELECT DOMNAME FROM DD01L INTO DD01L-DOMNAME WHERE DOMNAME LIKE 'CHAR%' AND AS4LOCAL = 'A'. ENDSELECT Key access to multiple lines LOOP AT TAB. CHECK TAB-K = KVAL. " ... ENDLOOP. LOOP AT TAB WHERE K = KVAL. " ... ENDLOOP.

Copying internal tables REFRESH TAB_DEST. LOOP AT TAB_SRC INTO TAB_DEST. APPEND TAB_DEST. ENDLOOP. TAB_DEST[] = TAB_SRC[]. Modifying a set of lines LOOP AT TAB. IF TAB-FLAG IS INITIAL. TAB-FLAG = 'X'. ENDIF. MODIFY TAB. ENDLOOP. TAB-FLAG = 'X'. MODIFY TAB TRANSPORTING FLAG WHERE FLAG IS INITIAL. Deleting a sequence of lines DO 101 TIMES. DELETE TAB_DEST INDEX 450. ENDDO. DELETE TAB_DEST FROM 450 TO 550.

Linear search vs. binary READ TABLE TAB WITH KEY K = 'X'. READ TABLE TAB WITH KEY K = 'X' BINARY SEARCH. Comparison of internal tables DESCRIBE TABLE: TAB1 LINES L1, TAB2 LINES L2.

IF L1 <> L2. TAB_DIFFERENT = 'X'. ELSE. TAB_DIFFERENT = SPACE. LOOP AT TAB1. READ TABLE TAB2 INDEX SY-TABIX. IF TAB1 <> TAB2. TAB_DIFFERENT = 'X'. EXIT. ENDIF. ENDLOOP. ENDIF. IF TAB_DIFFERENT = SPACE. " ... ENDIF. IF TAB1[] = TAB2[]. " ... ENDIF. Modify selected components LOOP AT TAB. TAB-DATE = SY-DATUM. MODIFY TAB. ENDLOOP. WA-DATE = SY-DATUM. LOOP AT TAB. MODIFY TAB FROM WA TRANSPORTING DATE. ENDLOOP. Appending two internal tables LOOP AT TAB_SRC. APPEND TAB_SRC TO TAB_DEST. ENDLOOP APPEND LINES OF TAB_SRC TO TAB_DEST. Deleting a set of lines LOOP AT TAB_DEST WHERE K = KVAL. DELETE TAB_DEST. ENDLOOP DELETE TAB_DEST WHERE K = KVAL.

Tools available in SAP to pin-point a performance problem The runtime analysis (SE30) SQL Trace (ST05) Tips and Tricks tool The performance database Optimizing the load of the database Using table buffering Using buffered tables improves the performance considerably. Note that in some cases a stament can

not be used with a buffered table, so when using these staments the buffer will be bypassed. These staments are: Select DISTINCT ORDER BY / GROUP BY / HAVING clause Any WHERE clasuse that contains a subquery or IS NULL expression JOIN s A SELECT... FOR UPDATE If you wnat to explicitly bypass the bufer, use the BYPASS BUFFER addition to the SELECT clause. Use the ABAP SORT Clause Instead of ORDER BY The ORDER BY clause is executed on the database server while the ABAP SORT statement is executed on the application server. The datbase server will usually be the bottleneck, so sometimes it is better to move thje sort from the datsbase server to the application server. If you are not sorting by the primary key ( E.g. using the ORDER BY PRIMARY key statement) but are sorting by another key, it could be better to use the ABAP SORT stament to sort the data in an internal table. Note however that for very large result sets it might not be a feasible solution and you would want to let the datbase server sort it. Avoid ther SELECT DISTINCT Statement As with the ORDER BY clause it could be better to avoid using SELECT DISTINCT, if some of the fields are not part of an index. Instead use ABAP SORT + DELETE ADJACENT DUPLICATES on an internal table, to delete duplciate rows.