Brian,
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At 05:03 PM 8/12/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>Can some one advise if there is a know problem when using insert
>into <tablename> external file <textfile.txt>
>I am trying to use this functionality but does not seem to be
>working very wheel.
>Somehow the data gets offset by 2 characters after the 1st record is
>inserted and remains offseted by 2 characters. I tried with various
>data types and even with only one column defined as char but still
>doesn't work. I also tried casting the field to the correct size
>(i.e. the size set when creating the external table) when inserting
>but still no luck.
>I am trying all this from ISQL.
>
>Can anyone advise please.
>
>Regards
>Brian
>
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