Hi Chris
Thanks for your reply

COPY TO myText DELIMITED WITH '|' results in

..... |Joe Bloggs|,|Boston|,|USA|

What I am looking for is:
...... |Joe Bloggs|Boston|USA|


Regards,
Gerard




>Try COPY TO myText DELIMITED WITH '|'
>
>Chris.
>
>>Hi
>>I have a table with say Joe Bloggs, Boston,USA (3 fields)
>>I want to export as follows:
>>Joe Bloggs|Boston|USA (i.e. without blanks and a '|' as the delimiter..but cant seem to do exactly that
>>
>>If I try
>>Copy to MyText Delimited with ' ' with Character '|' (Space between the 2 single quotes)
>> It adds a Space before and after each field Joe Bloggs | Boston | USA |
>>
>>Copy to MyText Delimited with '' with Character '|' (Nothing between the 2 single quotes)
>> It adds single quotes before and after each field 'Joe Bloggs'|'Boston'|'USA'|
>>
>>Copy to MyText with Character '|'
>>....Gives a syntax error
>>
>>
>>Anybody know if I can use the Copy to to o/p fields delimited with a '|' but without blanks ??
>>
>>Tia
>>Gerard