>>Hi,
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>>Since APPEND FROM does not work with MEMO field, I need to extract data from several .TXT files using an alternative approach. I thought of parsing the file with VFP code, loading the file into a string with FILETOSTR(). But the string is too long (the .txt file is about 6 MB).
>>I would appreciate any suggestions?
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>Append from would ignore memo fields.
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>There are multiple solutions to the problem.
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>-Read using Microsoft ACE engine using OLE and cursor adapter.
>-Append to another database like postgreSQL that wouldn't have such problems and get from there.
>-Process the file low level line by line (probably the solution that many VFPers would choose).
>-Request to the source to supply a better format instead :)
>...
Thank you, Cetin. I like that you understand that "requesting the source for another format" requires a smiley :)
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