Re: design issue and /copy statements

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John J. Walsh
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPG IV Developer
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPG IV Programmer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 9:36 AM
Subject: design issue and /copy statements


> 
>  Here is a design issue I'd love to read comments on.
> 
> Lets say, for discussion, that there were three procedures, totally
> unrelated, but that all three are used in many many programs.  For example:
> 
> 1)Look up customer name and address info
> 2)check quantity on hand of an item
> 3)validate a credit card number
> 
> When I write a program and retrieve these with a /copy, should I have one
> /copy or three /copy statements?
> 
> 
> (I am trying to learn how this stuff works, so if there's a stupid mistake
> in what i said please look past it.)
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> Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com
> Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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