@dpadman wrote: Sorry that was my bad. Even when i run the code with DBMS = DLM (for delimiters other than , or tab) the same error persists. Can't post lines from the text file due to data privacy. Can you make a text file that looks similar but with non-sensitive values. Instead of a name like "John" use "JJJJ". If you think the French characters are the issue pick one of those "words" that ends up with a | in the middle and replace the non-special characters with something like XXXX.   Only need one or two lines that when you run proc import on with the same syntax behaves the same. Likely the example only needs 3 or 4 variables. ... View more