The following example opens the customer
table and displays its alias. The customer
table is opened again in another work area, is assigned an alias of MyCustomer
, and the alias is displayed.
CLOSE DATABASES
OPEN DATABASE (HOME(2) + 'Data\testdata')
USE customer && Open customer table
CLEAR
? ALIAS( ) && Display the alias
SELECT 0
USE customer AGAIN ALIAS MyCustomer && Different alias
? ALIAS( ) && Display the alias