SAP SELECT INTO LOB HANDLES

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SELECT, LOB Handles
In a standalone SELECT statement or a WITH statement, but not in a FETCH statement, LOB handles can be created as reader streams and as locators in the INTO clause.
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Prerequisites
An LOB from the result set can be assigned to an LOB handle component of a work area, or to an individual reference variable for an LOB handle. The static type of all LOB handle components must contain the interface IF_ABAP_DB_LOB_HANDLE and match the corresponding data source component, that is, they must be less specific or the same as one of the following system classes for streaming or locators :

CL_ABAP_DB_C_READER or CL_ABAP_DB_C_LOCATOR in the case of CLOBs.

CL_ABAP_DB_X_READER or CL_ABAP_DB_X_LOCATOR in the case of BLOBs.
The stream type or locator type must match the data type of the LOBs.

Rules
If an LOB from the result set of a selection is assigned to an LOB handle component of a work area or to an individual reference variable for an LOB handle, either

a reader stream is created as an instance of one of the classes CL_ABAP_DB_C_READER, CL_ABAP_DB_X_READER or,

a locator is created as an instance of one of the classes CL_ABAP_DB_C_LOCATOR or CL_ABAP_DB_X_LOCATOR
and after the execution of the SELECT statement the reference variable points to the object. The class used is determined using the data type of the column of the result sets and the static type of the target variable, or using the addition CREATING if required. The LOB to be read can be evaluated or forwarded using LOB handle methods.
An LOB handle created in this way, that is, a reader stream or a locator, exists until it:

is closed explicitly using its CLOSE method from the IF_ABAP_CLOSE_RESOURCE interface, or

is closed implicitly at the end of the current database LUW.
Reader streams, but not locators, are also closed implicitly by the statement ENDSELECT.
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No support for FETCH and CLOSE CURSOR in current release.
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Accessing a closed LOB handle produces a runtime error.
Special properties of open reader streams and locators:

As long as a reader stream for an AB-SQL statement is still open, the associated database is not closed. This state can only occur with SELECT SINGLE, since there is no implicit termination of the reader stream using ENDSELECT. In this case, a reference to an object of the class CL_ABAP_SQL_SELECT_STATEMENT, a subclass of CL_ABAP_SQL_STATEMENT_HANDLE, can be obtained from the interface IF_ABAP_DB_READER using the method GET_STATEMENT_HANDLE before closing the reader stream. The methods of the abstract superclass implemented there can be used to check the state of the AB-SQL statement, and all streams that are still open can be closed.

It is guaranteed that, once created, a locator always works with the same LOB data. If the associated LOB column is modified while a locator is open, an internal copy of the LOB data for the locator is created on the database first.