Using QMF

Creating an alias for a table or view

If you have CREATEALIAS privilege or SYSADM or SYSCTRL authority, you can create an alias for the name of a table or view by using the CREATE ALIAS statement.

For example, to create an alias for the CALENDAR table, enter:

CREATE ALIAS CALEN FOR CALENDAR

Depending on your database configuration, you might need to specify an owner qualifier when you specify the table. In that case, enter:

CREATE ALIAS CALEN FOR userid.CALENDAR

You can use an alias in the same way you use a synonym. The difference between a synonym and an alias, however, is that a synonym can be used only by its owner, and an alias can be used by its owner and other users.

If you share a query that uses an alias, the users you share it with do not have to define the same alias before they can run the query.


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