Re: Can I use DDS to create an SQL table name

ALIAS would be for field level only.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

At 7.2, ALIAS is a field-level keyword - can't use it to get the long name
of a PF.


On 10/21/2014 4:57 PM, Darryl Freinkel wrote:

Try using the ALIAS keyword in DDS. I have not used it, but I believe its
for that purpose.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

wrote:

John

I tried something kind of crazy - I had a PF created using DDS, then I
used the RENAME TABLE SQL statement, and I was able to put the long name
on
it - very cool!

So your colleague could use DDS to create the file, and you could have a
command that uses RUNSQL to do the RENAME.

Here is an example -

RENAME TABLE DP2TEST/ACEAPP TO LONGVERSIONACEAPP FOR SYSTEM NAME ACEAPP

Be careful to specify the system name - otherwise it'll be changed to
something like LONG000001 in this case.

HTH
Vern


On 10/21/2014 3:59 PM, John R. Smith, Jr. wrote:

I looked for an SQL group to post this to but did not see one so I'm

going
to post it here.

I need to create a file on the iSeries using DDS that has both a
physical
file name and an alias name (not sure that is the right term).
Basically I
need to reference it as "INVNBR" in RPGLE FSpecs and
"INVOICE_NUMBER_TABLE"
when using SQL.

Is there any way to do that with DDS?

By the way, creating the file via DDS was a mandate from a dinosaur that
refuses to learn SQL.


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