Different object keys

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Werner,
If you are seeing the line
"key like swotobjid-objkey"
this is incorrect.
I've had this happen a few times when creating business objects -
something to do with the generation program not always picking up the key correctly the first time around.
Usually coming out of the transaction, restarting SWO1, and entering the business object program in change
mode fixes it.
If this is truly showing on the EMPLOYEET object itself and not on a custom subtype that you have
created please report it to OSS/service.sap.com
Regards,
Jocelyn
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Werner Koessl
Sent: Friday,9 July 2004 5:54 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Different object keys
 
 
Hi everybody,
 
i've noticed a difference between the keys of object types.
I take 2 object types as an example: EMPLOYEET and DRAW.
 
The key of DRAW consists of 4 fields: DocumentType, -Number, -Version, -Part.
The key of EMPLOYEET consists of 2 fields: Number and ValidityBegin.
 
I've implemented a method for both object types.
In the DRAW-method i can use the key fields with e.g. object-key-DocumentNumber.
In the EMPLOYEET-method i cannot use e.g. object-key-Number.
 
I know why it doesn't work but i don't know the reason for that implementation of SAP.
In DRAW the key-fields are implemented like this:
       BEGIN OF key,
            documenttype LIKE draw-dokar,
            documentnumber LIKE draw-doknr,
            documentversion LIKE draw-dokvr,
            documentpart LIKE draw-doktl,
       END OF key.
 
But in EMPLOYEET the key field looks like the following:
       key LIKE swotobjid-objkey.
I thought it have to look like this:
       BEGIN OF key,
            Number LIKE pakey-pernr,
            ValidityBegin LIKE pakey-begda,
       END OF key.
 
But why is it different ???
 
Regards,
Werner.