Jeffrey,
Following code runs w/o error:
CREATE CURSOR Test (P1 C(20), P2 C(20), P3 C(30), P4 C(20), P5 C(20))
APPEND FROM Test.TXT DELIMITED
BROWSE
On first row of Test.TXT
I have
"5365-00-384-6859","SPACER","","EA|EA","1.50|1.50"
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.