Steve,

If you need to append the entire content of the txt file to a memo field, then you need the record in the table to make available the memo field; use
APPEND MEMO memofieldname FROM textfile.txt - this will add the text content to the memo field

Otherwise, if you need to have a table record for each line of text, then you don't need the memo field; use
APPEND FROM textfile.txt SDF - this will add the records to the table.



>Oh! Is there a way to figure out the number of records that this text file will need, in advance of
>appe it to the table?
>Thanks
>STeve