Sorry for the mishap. There are no blank lines on the file. I just did not delete the blank lines when i copied and pasted. Here it's again. EK *AA,BB,CC,DD,EE* *1,A1,B1,11.2,11/20/2011* *2,A2,B2,2.5,10/21/2011* *3,A3,B3,13.67,9/21/2011* *4,A4,B4,14.2,8/22/2011* *5,A5,B5,20,7/23/2011*