>I am importing an ASCII file into a table. That file contains a special structures that bar code scanners are writting data into.
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>Our import program is importing this data into our system. Before firing this process, I would like to be able to get the number of lines in that file so I can establish a thermometer. What would be the simpliest way of counting the number of lines from that file?

Hi Mike,

if you use a number of byte instead of number of line may be you can get the file size and when you scan the file make a counter of byte read so you will able to make your thermometer...

Hope this help ...
Rocky Boy....