Nan is at end of file or has no records.

USE xldata
SCATTER memvar
USE nan
*!* either append blank or seek correct record to update
append blank
GATHER memvar field EXCEPT char28

>hi,
>
>Are you quite sure that a field named char28 exists in xldata? NO
>char28 exists in NAN.DBF
>
>i get error message end of file encountered.
>

>USE xldata
>SCATTER memvar
>USE nan
>GATHER memvar field EXCEPT char28
>

>
>thanks.
>best regards
>m.qasem