Having two paragraphs with the same name in the same section or in no section at all is bad practice. At best, each copy contains the same code,
and the redefinition is simply useless, duplicated code. At worst, the paragraphs contain different logic, potentially leading to confusion and
unexpected results as a programmer who was aware of the first paragraph definition inadvertently invokes the second. For these reasons, paragraphs
with duplicated names should be either removed or renamed.
Noncompliant code example
LOAD-DATA.
EXEC SQL
INSERT INTO EMP (EMPNO, ENAME, DEPTNO)
VALUES (:EMP-NUMBER, :EMP-NAME, :DEPT-NUMBER)
END-EXEC.
LOAD-DATA.
IF EMP-NUMBER = ZERO
MOVE FALSE TO VALID-DATA
PERFORM GET-EMP-NUM UNTIL VALID-DATA = TRUE
ELSE
EXEC SQL DELETE FROM EMP
WHERE EMPNO = :EMP-NUMBER
END-EXEC
ADD 1 TO DELETE-TOTAL.
END-IF.
LOAD-DATA.
EXEC SQL
INSERT INTO EMP (EMPNO, ENAME, DEPTNO)
VALUES (:EMP-NUMBER, :EMP-NAME, :DEPT-NUMBER)
END-EXEC.
Compliant solution
LOAD-DATA.
EXEC SQL
INSERT INTO EMP (EMPNO, ENAME, DEPTNO)
VALUES (:EMP-NUMBER, :EMP-NAME, :DEPT-NUMBER)
END-EXEC.
CLEAR-EMP.
IF EMP-NUMBER = ZERO
MOVE FALSE TO VALID-DATA
PERFORM GET-EMP-NUM UNTIL VALID-DATA = TRUE
ELSE
EXEC SQL DELETE FROM EMP
WHERE EMPNO = :EMP-NUMBER
END-EXEC
ADD 1 TO DELETE-TOTAL.
END-IF.