>I want to export the 'dbf' file to an ascii , plain text format so that i can port the data to SQL server. Since the DATA BASE FILE is having memo field , it is exporting all fields except memo. I want memo fields also to be included as a string in my plain text file. I used the command 'COPY TO ' and was unsuccessful.
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>then I used FWRITE and FCLOSE, FOPEN to create a text file and copied the data to text file, but it's speed is not good.
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>I got one more problem . The Foxpro 2.6 database file is not having some entries in some rows in some fields. and when exported it sent them as NULL, but using the above method, I am not getting NULL values . So can anybody suggest a solution.

Yup, at least, the best I can do... This is roughly based on a thread posted within that last couple of days.

Don't use low level file handling...too slow, and too risky. (IMO)

create a remote view of the SQL Server table you wish to copy to. (make sure it's updatable.

Copy data from the VFP table into a table (dumpdata) with the identical structure of the view.

SELECT the view and then APPEND FROM dumpdata.

That should work. And prob. a lot faster than low-level files.

Have a nice day. :)