Sometimes a "Best practice" turns into Righteous Rules. For instance, in many CoBOL shops, it is common to number data like this:
01 my-data-1. 05 my-data-2. 10 my-data-3 pic x(03). 10 my-data-4 ... The reason for this is to allow some room for insertion of new level numbers without having to re-code e.g. 01 my-data-1. 05 my-data-2. 07 my-group-1 occurs 3. 10 my-data-3 pic x(03). 10 my-data-4 ... But many times, once this is defined as "best practice", the standards people won't allow the 2nd piece of code - because it doesn't follow "best practice". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html