>It appears that each entry in the memo field is terminated with the string I mention in the initial post. However, I can't put the thing back to together successfully. In the future I will make sure that each entry is headed with the primary key.
Now, why do you need to manually piece things together in the first place? You should have the primary key or foreign key in a separate field, and let Visual FoxPro find the information.
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