From: dishborealis@yahoo.com   
      
   "Sundial Services"  wrote in message   
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   > JoeSpareBedroom wrote:   
   >   
   >> Using PdoxDOS 4.5, trying to import a text file with 13000 lines in nice,   
   >> orderly columns, 95 chars per line. This is not rocket surgery - I've   
   >> been   
   >> doing this for years. This time, however, I run the import and get this:   
   >>   
   >> Action = Overwrite   
   >> 0 records processed   
   >> Import Complete   
   >>     1 Records Imported   
   >>     0 Errors Detected   
   >>   
   >> Press any key to continue....   
   >>   
   >> Checking the resulting table, I find just one record. Makes no sense, but   
   >> here's a clue. If I open the source text file (in WinEdit) and go to the   
   >> end of any line (using the END key), I find I'm at column 96. But, if I   
   >> use Flimport to check record length, it shows a result of 32500. Very   
   >> odd.   
   >> Any thoughts on this issue?   
   >   
   > It is almost certain that the line-termination character sequence (usually   
   > CR/LF) is not present in this file.   
   >   
   > Any sort of hexadecimal file-editor will probably show you the problem.   
   >   
   > You might find that simply loading the file into an editor, and saving it   
   > again as a text file, will solve the problem.   
   >   
   > But ... "what changed?"  Did someone alter the tool that generates that   
   > file?   
      
      
   I usually ask the vendors "what changed". Usually, someone retired and the   
   next person is doing things differently. Telling them there's room for   
   improvement is like telling the owner of a Hummer that their vehicle is   
   dumb.   
      
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