>I have a need to convert formatted text into a database format. The text is always formatted in the same manner, with specific sections always preceded by a unique phrase such as [name]. The form has no ancillary text that needs to be ignored. All sections would go into a
>text field, with one section going into a memo field.
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>Can someone who has done something like this just give me some ideas how to approach this problem. Thanks!

I used AWK for these purposes, for it´s easy to process text and generate, for example, a delimited text file. There are many freeware or shareware AWK interpreters available on Internet.

HTH!