note that if you have persistant relations etc. you will have to recreate them as well Arnon >>APPEND FROM is the best way for your needs. You might try deleting the >CDX file on teh DBF with a DELETE TAG ALL before the append and then INDEX >ON after it to recreated those index tags. This is sometimes faster with >large appends than appending with the indexes. > >Thanks Jim, > >I was just hoping there was a faster way. > >Bill Chadbourne >wchad@ime.nat > >