At 03:20 PM 12-11-02 -0600, you wrote:

>The original question still remains. I'm not using the BDE. Sweep is 0 so
>"shouldn't" be kicking in. No errors in the error log. No sort on the
>data. Just a straight select *. The file is created. Validation returns
>no errors. Why isn't the database closing? Any ideas?
>
>My only thought is that the Sweep IS kicking in. I can't think of anything
>else that would cause this.

What mechanism are you using to create the text file? Is the database
linked to it in any way?

heLen