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Data Declarations

DATA CONSTANTS TYPES Inline DATA(...) FIELD-SYMBOLS REF TO Structures Internal tables Ranges tables Enumerated types

Expressions & Strings

VALUE operator CONV operator CAST operator COND expression SWITCH expression String templates CONCATENATE SPLIT REPLACE Regular expressions

Control Flow

IF ELSEIF ELSE CASE DO WHILE LOOP AT CHECK CONTINUE EXIT RETURN ASSERT

Internal Tables

STANDARD TABLE SORTED TABLE HASHED TABLE APPEND INSERT READ TABLE Table expressions FILTER operator REDUCE operator FOR iteration expression

Procedures & OO

FORM Function module call METHODS Class definition Constructor method Visibility sections Interfaces Inheritance Redefinition Class methods

Open SQL

SELECT SINGLE SELECT INTO TABLE WHERE JOIN GROUP BY HAVING ORDER BY INSERT database UPDATE database MODIFY database

Exceptions & Runtime

TRY CATCH CLEANUP RAISE EXCEPTION CX_ROOT MESSAGE sy-subrc AUTHORITY-CHECK COMMIT WORK ROLLBACK WORK Lock object call Application log

Modern ABAP

CORRESPONDING operator EXACT operator NEW operator REF operator LET expression BASE in VALUE Mesh-like nested access CDS view consumption AMDP method call ABAP Unit

ABAP Complete Course / Open SQL

MODIFY database

Learn MODIFY database in ABAP with a construct-specific explanation, a unique example, a practical boundary, and a mastery check.

12 min read • Intermediate

MODIFY database is an atomic ABAP topic inside Open SQL. The example below uses the actual construct named by the lesson rather than a generic placeholder.

Focus on what MODIFY database changes: the input, binding, control path, object state, collection, runtime effect, or language contract. Then alter one value and verify that the behavior changes for a reason specific to this feature.

Topic-specific example

abap-06-10-modify-database.abap

abap Try It Live

MODIFY zorders FROM @ls_order.

Edge case / engineering note

Change the key input in this ABAP example and predict the result first; the named construct should be the reason the behavior changes.

Content source & attribution

Original Syntaxis Content · Original Syntaxis Content

Lesson quizzes

MODIFY database Mastery Check →

UPDATE database

TRY CATCH CLEANUP