>>If the field is numeric, do you still want to put it in double quotes? And what about date and logical fields?
No, I'll handle numbers and dates accordingly. No logical fields
>I'm assembling data from SQL server and VFP sources into a tab delimited txt file with 13 fields in it.
>My current approach is to step thru the tables, populate 13 properties for each record and then assemble the properties with a writeline statement, separating each field with quotes and a tab character.
>It seems kind of primitive after COPY TO x DELIMITED.
>Is there a better way?
Anyone who does not go overboard- deserves to.
Malcolm Forbes, Sr.