DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATABASE TABLES and THEIR

DIFFERENCES in SAP ABAP?

DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATABASE TABLE:

There are 3 types of data base tables they are,
1.Transperant Table.
2.Pooled Table.
3.Cluster Table.
Transperant table: it has 1:1 relationship that is
for one table in database server there is one
associate table in data dictionary.
Pool and cluster table: it has 1:many
relationship that is for one table in database server
there are many associate tables in data dictionary.
Table pools(pools) and table clusters(clusters) are
special table types in the abap dictionary.the data
from several different tables can be stored
together in a table pool or table cluster.
Tables assigned in a table pool or table cluster are
referred to as pooled tables or cluster tables.
Pooled Tables:

Cluster Tables:

The difference between pool and

cluster table is:

Pool table may or may not have primary key fields
common with the database server.but
Cluster table must at least have one primary key
field common with the database server.