Re: Using long names

[dlclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

"RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 07/25/2019 
09:39:58 AM:
> Let's say you created a table like this:
> Create table I_like_long_names for system name shortname (
> My_column_name for column C01 varchar(100),
> ...)
>
> And you want to use just the long names in RPG, can this be done with
> dcl-f I_like_long_names disk keyed usage(*update) alias;
> // alias says to use the long column names
>
> Or do you have to do something like this to use the long table name too?
> dcl-f file1 disk keyed usage(*update) alias extdesc(i_like_long_names);


        Yes, just use the ALIAS keyword.


Sincerely,

Dave Clark