https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Text-import-assistance/m-p/1213#M562 This question is perhaps best answered by SAS Technical Support. You can submit it here:<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://support.sas.com/techsup/contact/submit_emits2.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/techsup/contact/submit_emits2.html</A><BR /> <BR /> -- David Kelley, SAS Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:21:32 GMT David_SAS 2006-08-08T02:21:32Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Text-import-assistance/m-p/1212#M561 I am trying to read 6000 seperate text files into one sas data set however each text file contians several cases each beginning with a date. There is data inbetween each case that I want to skip. does anyone have any ideas. Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:06:29 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Text-import-assistance/m-p/1212#M561 deleted_user 2006-08-07T01:06:29Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Text-import-assistance/m-p/1213#M562 This question is perhaps best answered by SAS Technical Support. You can submit it here:<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://support.sas.com/techsup/contact/submit_emits2.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/techsup/contact/submit_emits2.html</A><BR /> <BR /> -- David Kelley, SAS Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:21:32 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Text-import-assistance/m-p/1213#M562 David_SAS 2006-08-08T02:21:32Z