Something like this:

store SQLSTRINGCONNECT(;
	"DRIVER={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)};" + ;
	"FIL=Excel 97;" + ;
	"DefaultDir=c:\;" + ;
	"DBQ=c:\cim.xls");
	TO gnConnHandle
	
CURSORSETPROP("FetchMemo",.t.,0)   && set cursor properties in advance

*It is important to have " and ' inside select/update statements as  below
* field names are inherited from the first row in Excel columns

?SQLexec(gnConnHandle, 'select * from "sheet1$"')
....

>Hello
>
>is there a way to import data from Excel to a memo column (fvp8) having data more than 254 characters?
>
>Thanks