Re: [WDSCI-L] Alias for fields properties

[Jim Essinger <esinger@xxxxxxxx>]

Dave,

Thanks for the response.  Being a COBOL programmer, and using the alias all 
the time in my programming, I miss being able to see the correct name while 
I'm coding.  I sure hope there is a fix soon!

Thanks again

Jim

At 07:25 AM 12/11/2003, you wrote:




> Jim, I reproduced the situation you described and we would look into
> correcting it. Also I like your ideas of displaying the alias as a column
> and the ability to drag the field off the list. Something to be considered
> for the future.
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> Dave Cheng,
> 905-413-4063  cheng@xxxxxxxxxx
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> Greetings!
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> After having done a (really) quick check on the archives, I have not seen
> this addressed.
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> What I had with V5.0 was to be able to view a list of fields in a table,
> and then to see the alias in the properties of the field.  I upgraded over
> the weekend to V5.1, and am trying to do the same thing.  I get to a file
> that I need to see the field names for, tell the RSE that I want to view
> the fields in a table.  It gives me a nice display of fields which, by the
> way, I would like to customize by adding the Alias as a column.  When I
> right click and ask for field properties, all I get is the field
> name.  None of the other information is filled in.  No Alias, no length, no
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> text, and the type has the field name displayed in it.
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> Has this been reported?  Is there a fix?  Am I doing something wrong? How
> can I get the properties to display the ALIAS?  Even better, how can I drag
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> the field from the list to my program, and have it fill in the field name
> (or alias) with appropriate substitutions, like the copy DDR or copy DDSR
> would do?
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> Thanks
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> Jim Essinger
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