Determine the next free alias table

To remap the array as a multi-row array table, you must first determine what the next free alias table is for the database dictionary record. You can see what alias tables are already in use from the SQL Tables tab of the database dictionary record.

List of main and alias tables in use by the database dictionary record

In this case, the incidents database dictionary already has five existing alias tables, so the next free alias table is a6. We shall create a new alias table called a6 that will store our remapped array data.

Related concepts

Existing array mapping
Existing array query performance
Prepare to remap the array
New array mapping
New array query performance