At 06:14 AM 7/9/00 +0800, you wrote:

>Interbase does not recognize the SDF representation for dates which is
>YYYYMMDD. This is quite important because XBase could easily throw external
>files to IB, using a
>
>COPY TO myExternal.txt SDF
>
>command. (For purposes of Migration, coordination with legacy software,
>etc...

Piece of cake once the source is opened.

Jim Starkey