>>>>Why don't you ask the user instead of relying on somebodies guess?
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>>>They are the client and don't make mistakes.
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>>>We need to figure out HOW this is can occur on their end.
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>>But then what is the point of knowing what happens if you cannot confront them with the facts anyway. :)
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>I understand.............. but still, I want to know HOW this occurs on their end for my own knowledge.
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>Thanks

whatever they are using to dump data, they have told it to delimit strings with quotes. VFP has that option too IIRC.