This is more of a general programming question, but I thought I'd ask here due to the knowledge. I have the following text file that looks like this: FIRST M. LAST STREET TOWN NC 28327 XXX-XX-9533 05/07/2003 EDU 3066 8802054 EFFECTIVE TEACHER TRAINING 09/06/88 11/08/88 30 S 3.0 EDP 3007 9002077 INTRO TO WORD PROCESSING 09/12/90 10/24/90 21 S 2.1 EDP 3007 9002071 ADVANCED WORD PROCESSING 10/31/90 12/05/90 21 S 2.1 EDU 3050 9101044 TEACHER RENEWAL PACKAGE 06/04/91 06/27/91 24 S 0.0 EDU 3066 9101065 CLASSROOM MOTIVATION AND DIS 07/08/91 07/11/91 0 S 0.0 EDU 3068 9103009 THE ADOLESCENT 10/29/91 12/10/91 21 S 2.1 EDU 3068 9103053 PARENTING 01/07/92 03/10/92 30 S 3.0 I need to parse this and place it into a db... Any suggestions? Thanks, Rick ========================================================================== Rick Fogarty Coordinator, Technical Support and Computer Servicing Sandhills Community College 3395 Airport Rd Pinehurst, NC 28374 1(910) 695-3943 Fax 1(910)695-1823 rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.sandhills.edu <http://www.sandhills.edu/> ========================================================================== ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm