This is simple enough that you can just low level file function to write out what you need exactly. Look through your cursor and just use FWRITE() to write out the lines.

SDF and CSV exports can be really tricky if the format they produce doesn't match. But those formats are so simple that it's just as easy to just write out the values directly using low level file functions which is just a few lines of code too.

lhHandle = FOPEN("output.txt",1)  && Write
FWRITE(lhHandle,"Inventory_partnumber" + CHR(13))
SCAN
      FWrite(lhHandle,TRANS(dataValue))
ENDSCAN
FCLOSE(lhHandle)

+++ Rick ---

>my client requests to print the data to txt file.
>
>the data is:
>

>Inventory_partnumber
>01001
>01002
>

>
>I tried:
>

>COPY TO output1 TYPE SDF
>

>
>I got:
>

>Inventory_partnumber => total 20 characters
>01001                => with extra 15 space
>01002                => with extra 15 space
>

>
>if I used:
>

>COPY TO output1 DELIMITED WITH ''
>

>
>I got:
>

>'Inventory_partnumber' 
>'01001'                            
>'01002'                             
>

>
>while my client requests it has to be no extra space after the value, and no '
>
>is there anyway to do it?
>
>thanks for the help
>
>Regards,
>
>Jerry