Use this option to specify an alias name for a data set using 16-bit (double-byte) identifiers. The 16-bit identifiers can be accessed only by a COBOL85 compiler. These identifiers are not supported by any other compiler. Accessing these identifiers using a compiler other than COBOL85 results in a syntax error.
The following restrictions apply to an alias name:
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Only one alias name is allowed for each structure.
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Alias names must be unique in a DASDL source file.
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Alias names can have a maximum of fourteen 16-bit characters. A 16-bit character alias name must be embedded within the start double octet (SDO) and the end double octet (EDO). SDO and EDO are keys found on a Kanji keyboard.
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Alias names cannot be used as a rename in a remap.
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The alias name and the original name of a set cannot be included together within a remap.
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The alias name and the original name of a data set cannot be included together within a logical database.
Kanji blanks (code value A1A1) are not allowed in an alias name.
