Subject Re: importing text file programmatically From Emeka Ossai <megameks@yahoo.com> Date Thu, 10 Feb 2022 04:12:16 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Ok Mervyn, THANK YOU SO MUCH Emeka Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 2022/02/08 23:53, Emeka Ossai wrote: > > Hi Mervyn, > > > > The problem now is that same dbf structure, same command but could not append another text file of same structure correctly. > > > > Please help me append the attached text file if you can detect the error. > > > > The problem is that the second text file is NOT the same structure as > the first one. > > custodian0207.txt > UBNOM  2 130924079  32113306INTBREW....... > > custodian0402.txt > UBNOM  2  130924079  32113306INTBREW....... > > There is an extra space between the data for field2 and field3 in > custodian0402.txt. > > The SDF format relies on data for each field occupying exactly the same > position in a fixed length line of text for each record. > > Mervyn. > >