>Hi Cetin
> I would love to do and append from. But my text file has 1500 fields per
>row (record). Foxpro only does up to 255 as you know.So I would have to rewrite
>the file out to about 6 different files and then do an append from. That would
>be to slow. The ALINES works great now and is really fast too. Append would of
>worked but to many fields in one record. I appricate your help. Thanks

John,
OK take your way. I bet you never tried when saying 'That would be slow'.
Cetin