Re: will dds alias keyword cause level checks?

The DDS keyword ALIAS is omitted from the list of attributes which do *not* impact the Record Format Level Identifier:

IBM i 7.1 Information Center -> Database -> Programming -> Database programming -> Managing database files -> Changing database file descriptions and attributes
_Effects of changing fields in a file description_
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/dbp/rbafoecffd.htm

That documentation does not match my experience however. However what the ALIAS was was immaterial AFaIK because the non-SQL languages did not have the ability to refer to those names as compiled. I understand that may no longer be the case for the RPG; I wonder if there is an impact, and the names are still not part of the hash.?

p.s. The "End of Message" [or "Begin of SigLine\Signature data"] is improperly formed. The proper form is a line starting with dash dash space with no other characters on the same line; i.e. presumably the "---Dale" preceding the long signature was intended to denote the start of the signature-data.

Regards, Chuck

On 15 May 2012 12:13, dale janus wrote:

I want to start adding alias names with nice, long, clearly
understandable names. We are dabbling in DDL, but most of our stuff
is DDS. But we are moving to SQL and exporting files as spreadsheets,
so nice clear column names is a good thing.

I must add the alias in DDS because system I navigator only allows me
to change the short name, which I do NOT want to change since that is
what RPG uses.

I am afraid I will get level checks on my rpg programs if I use
chgpf pointing to the new DDS with aliases.

Can anyone confirm or deny level checks before I jump in?