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  1. Newsgroups: comp.databases
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!dell32.ortta.umn.edu!durai
  3. From: durai@ortta.umn.edu (Durai Venkatasubramanian)
  4. Subject: Re: Loading ASCII data into FoxPro memo fields
  5. Message-ID: <durai.118.726502983@ortta.umn.edu>
  6. Lines: 16
  7. Sender: news@news2.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration)
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: dell32.ortta.umn.edu
  9. Organization: U of Mn
  10. References: <1993Jan7.214624.786@gopher.dosli.govt.nz>
  11. Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:23:03 GMT
  12. Lines: 16
  13.  
  14. In article <1993Jan7.214624.786@gopher.dosli.govt.nz> srlncnc@gopher.dosli.govt.nz (Chris Crook) writes:
  15. >Subject: Loading ASCII data into FoxPro memo fields
  16. >From: srlncnc@gopher.dosli.govt.nz (Chris Crook)
  17. >Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:46:24 GMT
  18. >Hi
  19. >
  20. >Does anyone know a good way of importing a comma delimited ASCII data file
  21. >into a FoxPro database containing memo fields.  When I try to do this the
  22. >memo fields get ignored.
  23. >
  24.  
  25. You have to append memo fields separately.
  26.  
  27. ascii filename: memofile
  28. fieldname: memofld
  29. syntax: append memo memofld from memofile
  30.