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Hi Tim, The DDS ALIAS keyword was originally for COBOL programs, which is why it's limited to 30 characters. Also, the first character must be A-Z, subsequent letters must be A-Z, 0-9 or underscore. And as Rob's example shows, RPG still doesn't pay any attention to it. Regards, Peter Dow Dow Software Services, Inc. 909 425-0194 voice 909 425-0196 fax From: "Hatzenbeler, Tim" <thatzenbeler@clinitech.net> > Thank you, I just tried this... Do you know if these fields are recognized, > by RPG programs, if I don't refer to them by name? > > Meaning, if I have 3 PF's (tables) and I uses the same Alias in all 3 > files, ie: (customer_number) will these 3 fields be qualified in RPG? If I > use the prefix command? Or does RPG recognize alias's at all? > > I trying to avoid accidentaly overwriting data... _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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