RE: Using meaningful names for table columns

No.

If your DDS created physical had a unique key, then you could define an SQL Primary Key for the table.
On the IBM i, you end up with a keyed *FILE object by using Primary Keys.

But that's just how IBM chooses to handle things.

In the SQL world, all indexes are separate from the data or the views of the data.

Charles Wilt
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Palme
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:04 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Using meaningful names for table columns

As a follow up question on the use of DDL,

If I want to add a key (non-unique and non-primary) to a table from within
the create table routine, is it possible?

I know that I can create an index (which from I understand is similar in
nature to a *LF), which is not what I want to do.....I want to create a
default sort or order on the table itself.....





From:
<lgoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
05/13/2008 01:10 PM
Subject:
RE: Using meaningful names for table columns



Doug,

Here is a brief example for V5R4:

Create table loyd.blah (
Transactioncode for column transcode char(3) not null with default
) rcdfmt blahr;

Label on table loyd.blah is 'Test table';

Label on column loyd.blah (
Transactioncode text is 'Transaction code'
);

Label on column loyd.blah (
transactioncode is 'Transaction Code'
);

HTH,
Loyd


Loyd Goodbar
Business Systems
BorgWarner Shared Services
662-473-5713

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Palme
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:02 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Using meaningful names for table columns

I am creating a DDL for a new table, and have been going through the SQL

reference guide trying to figure out how I can give a field a more
meaningful name, sort of like how I do it in DDS. Is there a way to
define a column (field) with something like the TEXT('blah blah') that
we
use in a DDS?

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