How to change any entries in the database in SE16 or SE11

Sometimes we are forced to change some database entries. There are many reasons like a new s-note from SAP or incorrect values in the technical table. Every SAP table can be changed via SE16 or SE11 transaction - all you need to have is a debug with change role assigned to your user. In this article you can find youtube video, and bellow is detailed step by step instruction. Video tutorial Step by step instruction how to change entry in SE16 1. We have to login into the system and go to the SE16 or SE11 transaction. Put the table name, and display the required result. When you see the record which you want to edit, please select it and put **/hs** in the transaction textbox. Click on the Display icon in the upper panel. Normally you should see a detailed view, but now the debugger will run instead. This step will not work if you do not have the debug authorization. In the debugger window, please click on Breakpoints-> Breakpoint at-> Breakpoint at Subroutine. New window should open. ...

December 25, 2021 · 2 min

How Oracle store your data

All of you probably at least once in your life try to insert some records to a database table, but is anyone of you ever tried to understand how Oracle actually saves the entries in the database? Last time I was making a small experiment and I want to share my results with you. Step one, let’s build a small table and insert a few records: INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES('AAA',111); INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES('AAA',222); INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES('AAA',333); INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES('AAA',444); INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES('BBB',111); INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES('BBB',222); INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES('BBB',333); INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES('BBB',444); INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES('CCC',111); INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES('CCC',222); INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES('CCC',333); INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES('CCC',444); Let’s start some fun and check how my dump from Oracle DB looks like. First of all, I need to find the block where the table is stored: ...

August 10, 2018 · 4 min