>SELECT TBL_NAME >APPEND BLANK >APPEND MEMO test_field FROM ("c:\TMP277.ZIP") OVERWRITE >How are you currently attempting to do this and what is the specific problem you're having with it? I not clear when you say "I am unable to get the data to store correctly in the memo field" you mean that it's not storing anything, it's throwing an exception, it's storing something but it's not a valid file, etc.