Your assumption was right. I don't copy/paste, as that gets annoying for me. What I'll do is stick a copy of the "common.pl" script (as I call it), and then I'll include/require it at the beginning of my program.

I do this mostly with web interfaces that I do. A lot of the scripts are generic SQL queries, cookies, forms, and so on. Honestly, they could easily be placed into a module.

As Ovid pointed out, and I agree, it would be best to make sure the script works perfectly first. The script that I'm currently working on is smooth, and very usable. I'm right now in the process of optimizing my code, and cleaning it up a bit. My reason for asking my initial question was to see if I could improve speed and (more importantly) memory usage with the script.

All your feedback is great. I'm gaining new perspective. Thanks all!

--Coplan

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