How an Application Uses a Synonym

Synonyms are stored separately from the associated data source. Your application uses a synonym to interpret the data source in the following way:

  1. It identifies, locates, and reads the Master File for the data source named in a request.
  2. It locates and reads the Access File for the data source named in the request, if that type of data source requires an Access File.
  3. It locates and reads the data source(s).

The data source contents are interpreted based on the information in the synonym.


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