SET

Basic form

SET UPDATE TASK LOCAL.

Effect

Switches on the local update task. This means that when you specify CALL FUNCTION ...IN UPDATE TASK , the update data is not stored in the database, but in ABAP/4 memory . The update works as before. The only difference is that it is not performed in a separate process, but in the same process as the calling program, i.e. when a COMMIT WORK occurs, processing does not continue until all the update requests have been performed. In the standard setting, the normal update task is always active.
The switch status is not passed on to programs. This means that CALL TRANSACTION and SUBMIT use the standard setting. In contrast to this, a module called with CALL DIALOG inherits the switch setting. This is because CALL TRANSACTION and SUBMIT run in their own LUW , whereas CALL DIALOG does not.
On COMMIT WORK and ROLLBACK WORK the switch is reset.
Update requests with a delayed start (V2) cannot be processed locally.
Like in the normal update task, all messages apart from type 'S' result in termination and rollback.

Note

Unlike the normal update task, the local update task does not run in its own LUW . If a rollback occurs, any changes made in the dialog part are also reset.

The return code value is set as follows:

SY-SUBRC = 0 The local update task was switched on.
SY-SUBRC = 1 The local update task could not be switched on because a CALL FUNCTION ... IN UPDATE TASK has already been started. The system continues in the normal update mode.

Example

Switch on local update task:


SET UPDATE TASK LOCAL.