>Hmm. But the core of the problem is in retrieving the data in a usable format from the MEMO field. Without 'REST FROM MEMO' the only way would be either to access the DBF file in it's 'raw' state from C# by navigating the table structure (which would be a nightmare) or, as suggested, elsewhere to use a VFP COM DLL.
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Viv,

Can you use a simple select

select cast(field as blob) from ?Table where (id = ?fieldnumber)

Then use the code I provided a while ago to extract the variables from that field ?