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Re: 10 Char object names was...

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:51 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't think people are accepting of the Alias concept. I think they
want all or nothing. i5/os currently supports alias on column names,
table names, view names, and the like - you know, the stuff that the
"user" sees. Ok, so it doesn't support it on program names. Other than
Steve, who's that going to upset?

i5/OS does not show long sql procedure names to ODBC clients like
Crystal Reports. it takes extra time to match up the meaningful long
report name with the alphabet soup short i5/OS procedure name. My
experience, working every day with SQL and RPG, is that having to
support two sets of names is extra work that complicates things. ( RPG
programmers are as unwilling to use SQL views and stored procedures as
they are to use ILE service programs )

-Steve

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