>Have I have been deluding myself for years?
>

Apparently. < g >

>If I APPEND FROM from a table which has a memo field named MyNotes into a table with a character field named MyNotes, ought not the contents of MyNotes be transferred from the memo field into the character field, or at least as much as will fit?

APPEND FROM/COPY TO don't process memo fields. Never have.

Tamar