Steve,
Maybe you can use APPEND FROM if the format of the text file is known and matches one of the supported VFP options. Otherwise, you probably have to use LLFFs.

>Running on Win2K-AS/SP2 with 256mb of physical RAM and 1.6gb of pagefile.
>
>I have an 880-megabyte text file. The following code in VFP7/SP1 gives me the error "There is not enough memory to complete this operation".
>

>Clear
>? Datetime()
>cc = FileToStr("e:\bigfile.txt")
>? Datetime()
>

>What can I do? I must load this file.