Re: synonyms for table columns - are they possible?

From: Allen Kirby <akirby_at_att.com>
Date: 1997/04/28
Message-ID: <3364B7BC.31B6_at_att.com>#1/1


scheuric_at_wantnospam.com wrote:
>
> You can create synonyms. They are called aliases and are defined with
> a create view command.
>
> -Sheilah Scheurich
> DBA
Actually synonyms, aliases and views are three different things. Synonyms are an alternate name for a table created with a create synonym command. A view is a view (look it up). And an alias is a way of identifying tables that appear twice in a select statement.

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Allen Kirby			AT&T ITS Production Services
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Received on Mon Apr 28 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST

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