Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!bloom-beacon!usc!hacgate!ashtate!dbase!awd From: awd@dbase.UUCP (Alastair Dallas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Help w/appending files Summary: SET ALTERNATE TO...ADDITIVE Message-ID: <108@dbase.UUCP> Date: 14 Jun 89 05:20:08 GMT References: <8906091823.AA06940@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu> Organization: Ashton Tate Devlopment Center Glendale, Calif. Lines: 14 You're lucky. You're using dBASE IV, which now includes the syntax: SET ALTERNATE TO ADDITIVE This will append each session to the end of the existing file, rather than overwriting it each time. Hope it helps. /alastair/ Disclaimer: This is unofficial. Ashton-Tate doesn't speak for me, and I return the favor.