DataSource Aliases

[Former Member]

What exactly is the point of creating different Aliases for a DataSource?

The only thing I can think of is if there are different applications that are using the same DataSource that you would set up different Aliases, and that way if at some point you wanted to take access to that DataSource away from just one application, you could delete just that Alias.

Is that the only reason?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

another reason for using aliases is the ability to "redirect" the alias to a different DataSource without changing a single line of code in your application. The alias name remains the same in your lookup code, while you can still configure it (at some point of time) to use a different DataSource (and all that happens behind the scenes from application's point of view.)

Regards,

Ivo