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From: awd@dbase.A-T.COM (Alastair Dallas)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Importing unix refer databases to dBase3+ - help with memo fields?
Summary: Use dBASE IV
Message-ID: <575@dbase.A-T.COM>
Date: 25 May 90 00:04:13 GMT
References: <36420@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Distribution: comp.databases
Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale, Calif.
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A couple of people have asked how to programmatically import text into
dBASE memo fields.  I'm sorry in advance for my self-serving, not-very-useful
answer, but it is: use dBASE IV, which has commands to do this very thing.
I don't know of any way to accomplish this in dBASE III except using an
editor and reading in text files by hand, one at a time.

BTW, I've been away from the net for a few weeks--hope I haven't missed
any vital questions about dBASE.

/alastair/