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>No loop there. One pass.

Okay...I misread the original code...didn't realize he was only processing one header.

>Scan for ... has the same drawback + as it hits a record it should populate the variables first. Append from execution should be faster (especially if no indexes on target).
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But SCAN can be Rushmore optimized, or an index order can be set, do a SEEK, and SCAN WHILE. Will APPEND FROM use the index from the source file?

>PS: If VFP8 you might even think of :
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>insert into ... select ... from ...
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Yep :)