Dump using BINARY SEARCH in ABAP?

Question

Is it possible to cause program dump using BINARY SEARCH in READ statement in ABAP ?

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Yes is possible. One example can be

READ TABLE itab ASSIGNING <fs_itab> WITH KEY keyfield1 = key1
                                             keyfield2 = key2
                                             BINARY SEARCH.

if there no date in you itab that you find, the field symbol was not assigned and you will get a dump.

Answer 2

Agreed. Dump is not possible from the binary search clause alone. However, if the table is not sorted, the search may not find the record. Which could possibly lead to a dump if you don't check to make sure the record was found first.