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QUESTION POSED ON: 20 October 2008
Is there any way to select individual file members within SQL/400 views and materialized query tables (MQT)? Currently aliases cannot be used as part of a view.

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No, alias references are not allowed in SQL views and MQTs.
One way to encapsulate an alias reference would to be use a user-defined table function (UDTF):
CREATE FUNCTION aliasudtf() 
RETURNS  TABLE(col2 char(6), col3  int) 
LANGUAGE SQL 
NO EXTERNAL ACTION 
DETERMINISTIC 
DISALLOW PARALLEL 
BEGIN 
Return ( 
select c2,c3 from alias1 
 union all 
select c2,c3 from alias2); 
END; 
Here's an example of how to reference a UDTF on a SELECT statement. UDTF references are allowed when creating SQL views and materialized query tables (MQTs).
SELECT col2 FROM TABLE( aliasudtf() )  x; 


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