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ABAP code for uploading a TAB

See code below for structures.
simple txt file.

*&-------------------
---------------------
*& Report
ZUPLOADTAB
*
*&

*&-------------------
---------------------
*& Example of Uploadi
file
*&
*&---------------------------------------------------
REPORT zuploadtab .

PARAMETERS: p_infile LIKE rlgrap-filename

OBLIGATORY DEFAULT '/usr/sap

DATA: ld_file LIKE rlgrap-filename.

*Internal tabe to store upload data

TYPES: BEGIN OF t_record,
name1 like pa0002-VORNA,
name2 like pa0002-name2,
age type i,
END OF t_record.
DATA: it_record TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF t_record INITI
wa_record TYPE t_record.

*Text version of data table

TYPES: begin of t_uploadtxt,
name1(10) type c,
name2(15) type c,

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age(5) type c,
end of t_uploadtxt.
DATA: wa_uploadtxt TYPE t_uploadtxt.

*String value to data in initially.

DATA: wa_string(255) type c.

constants: con_tab TYPE x VALUE '09'.

*If you have Unicode check active in program attribut

*need to declare constants as follows:

*class cl_abap_char_utilities definition load.

*constants:
* con_tab type c value cl_abap_char_utilities=>HO

*****************************************************
*START-OF-SELECTION
START-OF-SELECTION.
ld_file = p_infile.
OPEN DATASET ld_file FOR INPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING
IF sy-subrc NE 0.
ELSE.
DO.
CLEAR: wa_string, wa_uploadtxt.
READ DATASET ld_file INTO wa_string.
IF sy-subrc NE 0.
EXIT.
ELSE.
SPLIT wa_string AT con_tab INTO wa_uploadtxt-na
wa_uploadtxt-na
wa_uploadtxt-ag
MOVE-CORRESPONDING wa_uploadtxt TO wa_upload.
APPEND wa_upload TO it_record.
ENDIF.
ENDDO.
CLOSE DATASET ld_file.
ENDIF.

*****************************************************
*END-OF-SELECTION
END-OF-SELECTION.
*!! Text data is now contained within the internal ta

* Display report data for illustration purposes

loop at it_record into wa_record.
write:/ sy-vline,

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(10) wa_record-name1, sy-vline,

(10) wa_record-name2, sy-vline,
(10) wa_record-age, sy-vline.
endloop.

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