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

Better yet, just create your table in DDL in Ops Nav giving both short and
long names for fields and tables names. Why create tables in DDS?

Even if I am creating a table for DDS I do it that way and just get the DDS
from the table object. Beats typing all that stuff my hand.

And yes, ALIAS is the long name if you have to create it in DDS.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Darryl Freinkel <dhfreinkel@xxxxxxxxx>
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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