>>>>>>>>You must use the specific file name. You can use ADIR to get a list of files then loop though the array.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>In my directory j:\interlinkhayes are a number of csv files all of the same format delimited with commas
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>If I append just 1 file as follows APPEND FROM j:\interlinkhayes\INT12345.csv DELIMITED WITH CHAR , I have no problems
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>But if I try APPEND FROM j:\interlinkhayes\INT*.csv DELIMITED WITH CHAR , I get errors
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>What is the simplest code for appending multiple files with a skeleton INT*.CSV
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Can you show me the code to get a list of all the files
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Much appreciated
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

>>>>>>lcDir = ' j:\interlinkhayes\'
>>>>>>lcSkeleton = 'int*.csv'
>>>>>>lnFiles = adir(laFiles, lcDir + lcSkeleton)
>>>>>>for lnX = 1 to lnFiles
>>>>>>   append from (lcDir + laFiles(lnX,1) ...
>>>>>>Endfor

>>>>>
>>>>>Sorry no it doesnt work it appends 2 of the same record
>>>>
>>>>Probably because your files contains some identical records?
>>>
>>>Sorry I meant my solution contains 2 of the same record - I cant get yours to work at all - what am I doing wrong?
>>
>>I do spot one error in my code. Inside the loop, I forgot one ')'. Try "append from (lcDir + laFiles(lnX,1)) DELIMITED WITH CHAR , "
>
>lnfiles returns 0 from your code

That's simply not possible, unless you have given the wrong values for lcDir or lcSkeleton, or the folder doesn't have any matching files. That's why I asked you to check for typos in your code (or description here). Another possibility is that the folder in question doesn't allow access to adir(), but I don't think that could happen.