>>When using the "COPY TO xxx TYPE something" command, is there a relationship between the FOXPLUS and FOX2X types and the old DB3 and DB4 types? Which of the 2 is more generic to pass around to other programs?
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>>OR
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>>Is there a way to pass memo field data in a CSV or delimited format? My tests all seem to loose this data with anything other than the 2 mentioned.
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>>Thanks
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>More generic to pass where? Most generic ones are XML and ADO recordsets nowadays IMHO.
>Neither CSV nor tab delimited can carry memo fields.
>Cetin

Thanks Cetin and Hilmar. The point of my question is I don't know where my users might want to take the data. That's why I wanted to provide the most generic format I could. As Hilmar suggests I have been using the FOXPLUS format for this. However I am about to launch a new app where my user base will be much less controlled and I really don't know what other programs they might want to import into. I couldn't tell from the HELP which of the 2 formats is older/newer.