addalias

The add alias option is used to create an alias representing a database name.

Syntax

sp_webservices 'addalias' alias_name , database_name

Parameters

alias_name

The alias for the specified database. This parameter is required.
database_name

The name of the database for which the alias is specified. This parameter is required.

Usage

An alias provides greater control in specifying the portion of the URL representing the database name. Used with the userpath option of the create service command, an alias provides complete control over the URL used to access a user-defined Web service.