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3610463 - READ_TEXT does not get characters "<" ">" correctly from PO

Symptom

In the Text tab of a Purchase Order (PO) in ME23N, there is text containing the characters "<" or ">".
When reading this text directly from the database using the function module READ_TEXT in transaction code SE37, the results display "<(>" or "<)>", instead of "<" or ">".


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Environment

  • Materials Management (MM)
  • SAP ERP Central Component
  • SAP ERP
  • SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP
  • SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA
  • SAP S/4HANA

Product

SAP ERP Central Component all versions ; SAP ERP all versions ; SAP S/4HANA all versions ; SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP all versions ; SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA all versions

Keywords

ME23N, ME22N, ME21N, <, >, <>, READ_TEXT, LT_LINES, TDLINE, LT_LINES-TDLINE , KBA , MM-PUR-GF-TEXT , Texts , Problem

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