> > Thank you for the compliment:)
> >
> > Cetin Basoz
>
> You are welcome, Second time you have come to my rescue.
>
> A follow up question if I may. I have a concern about using the code you posted and here is why.
> The .csv file is actually a excel file saved in the .csv format. In the past I opened this file in excel and it dropped all of the leading 0's in the ssn's, zip codes and group number contained in this file. It cause a lot of heart ache cleaning up the mess after I ran the process after that. Can I run the code you left from foxpro to change the values in the excel .csv file without fear of it dropping the leading 0's?
> Thanks
> Mike

Mike,
I still didn't understand the whole scenario. Forget about csv for a second and tell me what you are doing exactly. I ask this because depending on your needs:
-Maybe it is better directly to change in excel
-Link a dbf file in excel
-Use Cursoradapter and edit excel as if it were a table
-Use XML in between
-Use csv but notify excel about the field information
etc.

Cetin Basoz