>I thought access had a Memo field, why would it pick a 255 character text during an import. Strange or just not smart enough. I do what you are doing through VFP automation. I will take a look at the code and if it can be stripped down I will send it to you.
Bret Hobbs

they do have a memo field. just did not see it and have never used it before in access. will give it another try.

thanks

brenda