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APPEND FROM test.txt DELIMITED && no "WITH ," required

>Hi folks
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>I'm having a bit of a problem with APPEND FROM and was wondering if its my understanding or a problem with VFP...
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>I have a test text file with the following
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>1,2,3
>1,,3
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>which I want to import into a cursor with fields a,b,c so I do
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>APPEND FROM test.txt DELIMITED WITH ,
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>The first line is fine but the second line imports as
>a=1
>b=3
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>whereas I would have thought (and want) :
>a=1
>b = blank
>c = 3
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>Basically if there is no value for the field then the text file will just output a comma instead of value and comma.
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>Its fine if the data is "" delimited
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>Any ideas would be appreciated...