Same field names in different files

[Ewart Desouza <ewart.desouza@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All !

I had posted this mail in another forum rpgiv@xxxxxxxxx & it created quite
a stir. Hope it does not create too much here.

Thanks & best regards
Ewart

PS: Sorry Paul Tuohy if you read this, I just want to get some more views
to help me decide what is best for me before I develop a new production
system for our company.
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Hello !

I've just read the article by Paul Tuohy at
http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci953818,00.html   where
he suggests to use the same field names in various files like NAME in
Customer Master & NAME in Supplier master. This will save a lot of coding
in the RPG programs specially in the print & display files.

I fully agree with him but I've experienced only one problem and that is if
there is a difference in sizes then the program gives a compilation error.

Eg: The NAME is 30 chrs in the Customer file & you want to print/display
only the first 25 characters. If we use the same field names i.e NAME it
gives a compilation error.

Is there any way these errors could be avoided ?? If so then this will be a
very useful technique.

Thanks & best regards
Ewart