We have a winner, although I hate changing those definitions because sometimes they do not get set back properly from an unexpected disconnect/application failure. I will have to make sure my startup command file is clear on setting SEMI.
Thanks n Frank Frank Taylor - Information Technology Administrator F.J. O'Hara & Sons, Inc - Araho Transfer Inc. Boston, MA - Rockland, ME - Miami, FL Direct Dial - 617-790-3093 email: [email protected]<http://mail.whitewolftechnologies.com/cgi-bin/compose.exe?id=01ef7f9322f8a76400dacb6a1fe342bb5a7&new=&xsl=compose.xsl&[email protected]> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lawrence Lustig Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:33 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Gateway Export Command << GATEWAY EXPORT TAB c:\pdfout\taptest.txt SELECT * FROM tapfile OPTION COL_NAMES ON|SEPARATOR ;|show_progress ON >> You will probably have to issue SET SEMI = '!' or something similar (choose a harmless character) before the command and SET SEMI = ';' afterwards. As it is, the ';' character is being interpreted as a command line separator. -- Larry

