>Hi Colin,
>
>because you should do
>

Append From j:\global\awbshayes.csv DELIMITED

>Example:
>

>TEXT TO lcx NOSHOW
>"muh",1
>"mih",2
>ENDTEXT &&lcx
>STRTOFILE(lcx,'test.txt')
>
>CREATE CURSOR xyz (c1 c(5),i1 i)
>
>APPEND FROM test.txt DELIMITED
>
>BROWSE NOWAIT
>DELETE FILE test.txt
>

>start from that.
>
>It is also a bad idea to hard code a path
>

>lcFile = getfile()
>if !empty(lcFile) then
> APPEND FROM (lcFile) DELIMITED
>endif
>

>is absolute minimum.
>
>Lutz
>>Hi Lutz
>>
>>I have recreated my dbf and have manually imported the data into it
>>
>>I am now trying to import again by program
>>
>>use j:\global\awbshayes in 0 shared
>>select awbshayes
>>Append From j:\global\awbshayes.csv DELIMITED WITH "" WITH CHAR ,
>>
>>Nothing gets added and there are no errors
>>
>>What am I doing wrong
>>
>>Colin

Thanks for your help - I have fixed the bug in my VFP which stopped programs compiling properly

Colin