Re: Example of using ALIAS for a file

[Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>]

Why not just use SQL?

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Jeff Young <jyoung0950@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All,
> I have a file that I created from an EXCEL worksheet.
> The file has long column names that appear as the Alternate name under
> DSPFFD.
>
> I have read the posting in the archives and the help text for the ALIAS
> keyword, but am not sure what I need to do when reading the file.
> I have defined my file as input,external defined with keywords QUALFIED,
> ALIAS and RENAME.
> Do I need to create external defined data structure for the record name?
> If so, how do I code the Read of the file and the reference to the field
> names?
>
> Thanks,
>
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> Jeff Young
> Sr. Programmer Analyst
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