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  • Subject: RE: dspf DDS names
  • From: "Ray Harris" <rharris@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 11:29:32 -0600
  • Importance: Normal

You simply reference them with qualification--fieldname in recordname!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-cobol400-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-cobol400-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of
> Chris.Chambers@v2music.com
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 10:26 AM
> To: COBOL400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: dspf DDS names
> 
> 
> Yep,
> 
> That's my understanding - it is standard practice to have ALIAS 
> names when using
> files with COBOL to take advantage of 32 character data names.
> 
> However one can use the original data names BUT a COBOL program 
> has to have
> unique data names so if there are any duplicates in any of the 
> files and they
> are referenced there will be a compilation error.
> 
> Unless of course someone else knows different.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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