Issuance of CREATE ALIAS
Inna wrote in with this question recently:
"Will the issuance of CREATE ALIAS statement lock the actual file member?"
Do you know?
-- Deb Tart, associate editor
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March 26, 2006 5:41 PM
UPDATED:
March 27, 2006 10:17 AM
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No, in fact, the alias is a special form of a DDM file. The CREATE ALIAS will execute even if the file member it references does not exist. At run time when the alias is used, it resolves to the PF.
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