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Thank you for the explanation.
Currently, the RPG compiler does not use the alias names with double quotes. There is another RFE 97792 that requests RPG to accept the alias names with double quotes. This RFE is being closed as a duplicate of RFE 97792.
Please use that RFE to cast a vote or add a comment.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=97792
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Languages - RPG
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Application Development
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
Adding the Alias request does not help. You get the fields but not in all cases. I will try to found out when you do and when you don't. Customer uses camel case by double quotes on the database names
It is still not quite clear what you are requesting. Please give some specific details for the following:
1. The partial EXEC SQL statement you are coding at the time you are requesting auto completion.
2. Describe what auto-completion is currently doing, as specifically as you can.
3. The complete EXEC SQL statement after you have manually entered the code.
4. The statements that define your data structure DS.
5. The exact error message you get from the compiler as it appears in the compile listing.
6. The short names and long names of the columns in your database table.
Thank you.
At first i wanted autocompletion but also to use the fields in an SQL statement like select a from file where fielda = :DS.field1. The SQL will not compile.
Is this request related to the fields associated with File and Data structure definitions? If so, you need to specify the ALIAS keyword to use the long names in your RPG program. If you specify ALIAS, then RDi will show the long names for auto completion.
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzasd/falias.htm
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzasd/dalias.htm
If adding the ALIAS keyword to your file and data structure definitions doesn't provide the support that you are requesting, please provide more details about what you are trying to do.