Oops. I should have said the actual file has no delimiters. I'm using TYPE SDF.



>try (if you are using vfp6) append from (filename) TYPE DELIMITED. It worked for me just now.
>>Hi Beth
>>
>>Yep. Tried that. Didn't work.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>>Hi, Mike,
>>> Do you have set century on?
>>>>Hi all
>>>>
>>>>Given a text file with 11/12/1987 and a dbf with a single date field, APPEND FROM results in 11/12/19 in the date field.
>>>>
>>>>What must I do to have APPEND FROM import that date correctly?