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Why do we use this " In Update Task " ??

The main update technique for bundling database changes in a single database
LUW ( Logical Unit of Work) is to use CALL FUNCTION... IN UPDATE TASK.
How do we Use ??
A typical R/3 installation contains dialog work processes and at least one update
work process. The update work processes are responsible for updating the
database. When an ABAP program reaches a COMMIT WORK statement, any
function modules from CALL FUNCTION... IN UPDATE TASK statements are
released for processing in an update work process. The dialog process does not wait
for the update to finish. This kind of update is called asynchronous update.
What is the Use... ??
Asynchronous update is useful when response time from the transaction is critical,
and the database updates themselves are so complex that they justify the extra
system load
Real time scenario.
Suppose a user wants to change an entry in a database table, or add a new one. He
or she enters the necessary data, and then starts the update process by choosing
Save. This starts the following procedure in the ABAP program:
Firstly, the program locks the database entry against other users, using the
enqueue work process (or the message server in the case of a distributed system).
This generates an entry in the lock table. The user is informed whether the update
was successful, or whether the lock could not be set because of other users.
If the lock is set, the program reads the entry that is to be changed and modifies it.
If the user has created a new entry, the program checks whether a record with the
same key values already exists.
In the current dialog work process, the program calls a function module using CALL
FUNCTION... IN UPDATE TASK, and this writes the change details as an entry in table
VBLOG.
When the program is finished (maybe after further dialog steps), a COMMIT WORK
statement starts the final part of the SAP LUW. The work process that is processing
the current dialog step starts an update work process.
Based on the information passed to it from the dialog work process, the update
work process reads the log entries belonging to the SAP LUW from table VBLOG.
The update work process passes this data to the database for updating, and
analyzes the return message from the database. If the update was successful, the

update work process triggers a database commit after the last database change
and deletes the log entries from table VBLOG.
If an error occurred, the update work process triggers a database rollback, leaves
the log entries in table VBLOG, flags them as containing errors, and sends a
SAPoffice message to the user, who should then inform the system administrator.
The corresponding entries in the lock table are reset by the update work process.

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