in reply to Why do my :'s freak my Script?

Since I can't see the code that actually parses your data file, this will be a long shot. You have rows 1 and 3 containing one field, but row 2 contains 2 fields. Maybe you should try a data file like so:
NAME: MY NAME IS:jojo PHONE NUMBER:
If you are splitting on colons, you will get null values for the second field in rows 1 and 3. Hope this helps.

Jeff

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