Subject Re: csv import into dbf From Charlie <tm@tc.com> Date Tue, 20 Aug 2024 07:48:32 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started I slept on it and that was going to be the first thing I was going to try.  Thanks!!! Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 2024/08/19 20:43, Charlie wrote: > > Thanks for the help guys..  I am traveling so I'm behind. > > > > I am trying yours Mervyn.  Because i am using inno I have put your program directly in dbase not duflp.  Same with stringex.cc.  i am using a test program which is the following: > > > > set procedure to append_from_csv.prg > > append_from_csv(':coindata:csvrec.dbf','csvrec.csv','a',true) > > > > > > But when I run it I get an error message that file does not exist on line # 130. > > > > if I ignore the error it finishes but with no results.  I know the table (which is in my bde) is correct.  What am I doing wrong? > > > > > The program doesn't know what to do with the :coindata: BDE alias.  If > the program is in the same folder as the .csv file and you use the > actual path of the .dbf file instead of the alias it should work. > > append_from_csv('C:\the_actual_path\csvrec.dbf','csvrec.csv','a',true) > > Mervyn. > > >