--- Rob Taft <robtaft at gmail.com> wrote: > I want to programtically export the data from an Access table into > a > text file, as a backup in case the import goes wonky. I naturally > need this to occur everytime a user-initiated import process is > requested. Why not copy the database itself? That's what we do. ===== Chris Mahan 818.943.1850 cell chris_mahan at yahoo.com chris.mahan at gmail.com http://www.christophermahan.com/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign! http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo/votelifeengine/