Do you have any RELATION's? I would SELECT the SCANned table at the end of the routine just in case.

Is there possibly a problem occuring on the insert? Maybe a field that is not the correct type? Or one that is null? Do you have error trapping suppressed?

BTW, I had to do this about 2 years ago for a client - not fun!

-w-

>I have a routine where I create a cursor, populate variable and then create an ascii file using that data as follows:
>
>

>select controlling table
>scan
>
>*** adding header record
>create cursor ncci_header (carrier_cd c(5)......)
>*** get values to populate the ncci_header record		
>Insert Into ncci_header (carrier_cd,......  )	 ;
>			values(lccarrier_cd, ..........)
>
> ** add the header record
>Select  ncci_header
>Copy To ncci_header.txt Type Sdf
>lc_header = Filetostr('ncci_header.txt')
>lnbytes = Strtofile(lc_header,'policy.txt',1)
>
>*** adding location records or name records
>    create cursor location
>    get values to populate for location for controlling record
>    insert into location
>    add location to policy.txt using same routine as above
>endscan
>

>There are about 7-8 more records types that in the routine that need to be added to the txt file for that one controlling record.
>
>My problem is that either the insert is not firing every time or the routine to add to the policy.txt file is not working always.
>
>Out of 3400 record in the controlling table - anywhere from 4-6 header records are not added. If I run it a second time it is never the same header records that are missing even though the data has not changed. Even though the header record is missing the rest of the records such as location are added correctly.
>
>Anyone know of any problems with insert or the use of strtofile which might explain this?
>
>
>Thanks
>Gaylen