Re: Referencing SQL Table Alternative Names in a RPG module

Also,

You shouldn't be getting any compile errors...I use tables with long
names in RPG IV all the time..

The system automatically defines (or you can explicitly define) a
short name for the column...prior to the ALIAS support added in 7.1,
the short name would be used by RPG.

Can you post an example showing your problem?

Charles

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Andy Hautamaki
<ahautamaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In an SQL Table we have descriptive alternative field names that from what I
can see from prior posts you can't refer to them in an RPG module. (Not
using embedded SQL)

In the compile listing for the externally defined file I notice it doesn't
bring them in for the record format so I get the fields not defined compile
error.

Is this just how things are and not something that is even on the radar to
change?

Thanks
Andy Hautamaki



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