>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>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?
>>>
>>>Append from would ignore memo fields.
>>>
>>>There are multiple solutions to the problem.
>>>
>>>-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 :)
>
>Sure I do. I thought this was the case where long ago I warned you not use text formats. Wish you didn't go with a delimited file :(
It is not my choice what format to be used. And I have very little influence in this matter.
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