RE: Can I Rename A Field For An Output File?

[bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx]

>Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:23:29 -0400
>From: "Joe Giusto II \(E-mail\)" <juicenetdps@crosswinds.net>
>
>I did this part O.K.  The problem is that both files use the name LOCAT
>where one is 7 long and the other is 5 long.
>I went with the Input File and the Add records flag in the F spec.  Was
just
>hoping that I was missing something else with the rename capabilities
>because not many are used to seeing the I F with an A and it sometimes
gets
>missed when scanning for programs that update the file as opposed to just
>reading the file.

Joe, maybe someone already suggested this, but you can rename ALL the
fields
of a file by using the F-spec PREFIX keyword.  If you have fields with
names
LOCAT, NAME, IDNO, and you use PREFIX(F2), then the fields will be renamed
to F2LOCAT, F2NAME, F2IDNO.

Doing a wholesale rename like this would cause a problem if you have some
fields that you _do_ want to be shared between two files.

Barbara Morris

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