I tried that. Same problem. Then I tried putting some data in those supposedly empty rows and then deleting them. Same problem. Very odd. Thanks for your help. Please don't stop! <g>

>Hi,
>Try deleting the 10 rows immediately below the data, if the rows/cells are protected Clear All doesn't work.
>
>>No, they are visible. I did a Clear on them (hightlight the cells, Edit/Clear/All) and tried the import again and got the same thing.
>>
>>The code is:
>>
>>

>>CREATE CURSOR ImportCursor;
>>	(item c(15), price n(10,2))
>>APPEND FROM <ExcelFileName> type xl8
>>

>>
>>>Hi,
>>>Are the rows hidden in the spreadsheet.?
>>>