ABAPWAIT_UP_TO - WAIT UP TO

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WAIT UP TO

Short Reference

WAIT UP TO sec SECONDS.

Effect

This statement interrupts the execution of the program by the number of seconds specified in sec. sec is a numeric expression position of the operand type f to which positive numbers can be passed, including 0. The unit of the number specified in sec is seconds and the time resolution is one millisecond. After the specified time has passed, the program execution continues with the statement following WAIT. When used, this statement always changes the work process.

Return Codes

This statement always sets sy-subrc to 0.

Notes

• Each time this variant of the statement WAIT is used, a database commit is triggered (except during updates). For this reason, WAIT must not be used between statements that open or close a database cursor.

• The variants WAIT FOR ASYNCHRONOUS TASKS, WAIT FOR MESSAGING CHANNELS, and WAIT FOR PUSH CHANNELS of this statement are useful only in combination with callback routines in aRFC, AMC, or APC. The variant shown here does not wait for callback routines.
  
  

Example

The output of the following example should correspond to approximately one million microseconds.

Exceptions

Non-Catchable Exceptions

• Cause: Negative time specification for sec.
  Runtime Error: WAIT_ILLEGAL_TIME_LIMIT

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