You could do something like this too.

TRACE OFF                   
SETUP1:                     
   THEFILE = 'FTP73 JOBS C' 
PARSE VALUE STREAM(THEFILE,C,'QUERY SIZE') WITH NUM1  
   SAY ' THERE ARE ' NUM1 'RECORDS.'

        This would give you how many records you are reading.

Ed Martin 
Aultman Health Foundation
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