>>Nope. Only works if name contains no embedded blanks. Otherwise parser sees multiple tokens and complains about syntax. Good try though.
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>I've never used that IMPORT, but what you say means it works different than everything else? Anyway, try this then:
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COPY FILE (fnames.fname) TO TempFile.XLS
>IMPORT FROM TempFIle.XLS XLS
I was trying to avoid the intermediate step, remember. Anyway, I've got a workaround so no need to beat a dead horse. Thanks for the help.
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