We have used BCP in 6.5 to load standard ANSI 'X.12' ftp files from our edi trading partners. (In X.12 files, the line sequence must be maintained throughout a large file.) Now we have upgraded to 7.0 and first process files manually through 6.5 BCP or else the sequence of data is lost when pages are randomly arranged during import. My IT friends have gotten no answers from MS and are considering moving to another system like Oracle. Surely, they are missing something. Others using 7.0 must have the same need we do when handling X.12 files.

Thank you for your interest.

Bud Anderson
RXG Corporation
buda@aol.com