How do programmers practice code reuse

Question

I\'ve been a bad programmer because I am doing a copy and paste. An example is that everytime i connect to a database and retrieve a recordset, I will copy the previous code and

Answer 1

Try and get into the habit of using other people's functions and libraries.

You'll usually find that your particular problem has a well-tested, elegant solution.

Even if the solutions you find aren't a perfect fit, you'll probably gain a lot of insight into the problem by seeing how other people have tackled it.