Is there any way in baan to update on alias table?.
For eg. Something similar to following, which is not working syntax in baanIVc

select a.*
from tdsls040 a for update
where a.orno = :orno
selectdo

update fields for table tdsls040
db.update(ta, db.retry)
endselect

Not that I am aware. Maybe a more complicated or better example will help everyone understand what you are looking for.

I dont think its directly possible. You can look at standard function on.main.table() or "store & restore" tables fields manually.