>I need to write a generic program that can examine the structure of a comma seperated file. Once the structure of the has been determined, I will do an APPEND FROM into the cursor that will be created from the first step.
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>The question is what is the best technique to determine the structure of any CSV file and create a cursor based on that structure for any file that is thrown at the generic import program?

If you have FPA, check the Advisor Answers column in the 12/03 issue. I tackled exactly this question.

Tamar