If it's unicode, STRCONV(,6) can covert it to ascii. If it's something else, you have to provide more info.

>Having a little problem. I was going to do the Filetostr on the .sql file I have. But it appears the file is in unicode or something. As it has a bunch of ascii chars.
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>If I copy and paste the contents of the file into query analyzer, no prob. But even if I do ? filetostr in the command window, I see all these chars.
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>Know of a way to strip these chars out?
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