On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 03:58:21PM -0700, Jim wrote: /_ /_If dbase can export to a csv file, you could just import it in mysql. /_> I do not have access to dbase5. The files are available on-line in that format. Looking at the file (ASCI), it appears the data has the following format: FIELD: data, FIELD: data, FIELD: data I will struggle the next 5 days trying to get my perl regex just right parse this out.....anyone willing to throw me a few bones? -Mike