Did you include "$NOQUOTES 1" in your format definition file? I assume that you 
are importing only [ticker + company name] and that all tickers with quotes are 
already in your database:

# Format definition for a file with ticker
# and company name only.
# $NOQUOTES 1 is necessary even if there
# are no fields with numbers.
# $AUTOADD 0:  prevents creating new data
# files with no quotes

$FORMAT Ticker,FullName
$SEPARATOR ,
$SKIPLINES 1
$NOQUOTES 1
$AUTOADD 0
$OVERWRITE 0
$DEBUG 1

This will import ASCii file that looks like this (as long as the ticker with 
quotes is already in your database):

Ticker, FullName
ECA=o XR , ECA Dec 46 Put
ECA=o XQ , ECA Dec 48 Put
ECA=o XJ , ECA Dec 50 Put
ECA=o XT , ECA Dec 52 Put
ECA=o XX , ECA Dec 54 Put

Lester

-- In [email protected], "Homar Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   I tried updating the Nasdaq symbols with a ticker list containing
> just symbols and descriptions.
> 
>   They imported but they also corrupt the ALL category, so that only 1
> symbol shows there.
> 
>   Tried it with a fresh database and also see strangeness there.
> Version 4.80.
> 
>   What would cause the ALL category to stop working?
>


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