In addition to the other answers, I notice that the first five lines can be replaced by two, which in this case also will perform much quicker, depending on the number of records.

USE tablesql EXCLUSIVE
ZAP

>I am processing 105 tables in a loop to create pipe separated text files to bulk insert to SQL
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>Win 7 64 , 8gb ram. I make sure i boot clean and I'm seeing over 4gb available RAM. 30+ gb free on drive with VFP. Data files being processed are on another drive on the same box. Results going into directory on same drive as VFP.
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>Below is the code. running the project in dev I crash with "there is not enough memory to complete this operation" though it seems to complete the operation as the tablesql has all the records and all the textfiles get created.
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>I assume I am running out of file handles but I see available RAM going down to about 1.1 gb.
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>Each trip through the outer loop) representing 1 table is independant so is there some way to release memory or file handles used by the processing in the loop before going on to the next one?
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>Suggestions appreciated.
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>

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>USE tablesql IN 0 EXCLUSIVE
>SELECT tablesql
>DELETE ALL
>PACK
>PACK memo
>
>lcexppath = 'c:\users\public\sql\'
>
>lcpath=ADDBS(THIS.oparentbizobj.getfield("cpath_to_vfp"))+"convert"
>SET DEFAULT TO (lcpath)
>
>lcsql = "SELECT  "
>
>lcdbc="inmatetrustfund.dbc"
>
>* ITERATE TABLES
>
>OPEN DATABASE (lcdbc) EXCLUSIVE
>
>ntables= ADBOBJECTS(latables,"TABLE")
>
>FOR i=1 TO ALEN(latables,1)
>
>	lcdbf=latables(i)
>	lcalias=JUSTSTEM(lcdbf)
>	
>	SELECT tablesql
>	APPEND BLANK
>	REPLACE tablename WITH lcalias
>
>	WAIT WINDOW lcalias NOWAIT
>	
>	IF UPPER(lcalias) <> "SYSSETUP"
>		USE (lcdbf) IN 0 EXCLU
>
>		SELECT (lcalias)
>
>		=AFIELDS(laflds)
>		lnflds = ALEN(laflds,1)
>		mcnt = 1
>
>*   SCAN FIELDS
>
>		FOR N=1 TO lnflds
>
>			lcfld=ALLTRIM(laflds(N,1))
>			lctype=laflds(N,2)
>			lnsize=laflds(N,3)
>			llnct=laflds(N,6)
>
>			WAIT WINDOW lcalias + SPACE(10)+lcfld NOWAIT
>
>			SELECT (lcalias)
>
>			DO CASE
>
>			CASE INLIST(lctype,"D","T")
>				
>				lcsql = lcsql + " NVL(TTOC("+lcfld+",3),[1800-01-01])" + IIF(N < lnflds,',','')+lf
>
>			CASE (lctype="C" )
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>				 lcsql = lcsql + " "+lcfld+ IIF(N < lnflds,',','')+ lf
>
>		 	CASE INLIST(lctype,'I','N','Y')
>
>			       lcsql = lcsql + " "+lcfld+IIF(N < lnflds,',','')+lf
>
>			 CASE (lctype = "L")
>
>				lcsql = lcsql + " IIF("+lcfld+"=.t.,1,0) "+IIF(N < lnflds,',','')+lf
>
>			CASE (lctype = "M")
>
>				 lcsql = lcsql + " IIF(LEN(ALLTRIM("+lcfld+")) < 220, STRTRAN("+lcfld+",CHR(13)+CHR(10),'@@'),'MCOL+"+ALLTRIM(STR(mcnt))+"') "+ IIF(N < lnflds,',','')+lf
>
>				  mcnt = mcnt+1
>
>			ENDCASE
>
>		ENDFOR  && field scan
>
>		lcsql = lcsql + " FROM "+ lcalias + " INTO CURSOR C_"+lcalias
>
>		&lcsql
>
>		lcname = "C_"+lcalias
>
>		 SELECT (lcname)
>
>		lcexpstr = [ COPY TO ']+lcexppath+lcname+[' DELIMITED WITH "" WITH CHARACTER '|' ]
>
>		 &lcexpstr
>
>		 SELECT tablesql
>		 LOCATE FOR ALLTRIM(tablename) = lcalias
>		 REPLACE mSQL WITH lcsql
>
>		lcsql = "SELECT " +lf
>
>	ENDIF
>
>ENDFOR && tablescan
>
>CLOSE DATABASE && inmatetrustfund
>
>**********************************************************************************************************************
>
>SET DEFAULT TO (lcdefa)
>
>RETURN
>
>