I use the same backup product that initially produced this file.. Instead of pulling stuff from the actlog directly with sql, use the "q actlog" command, and then put it out to a file with the -comma argument. Then, here's your code to make some sense of the jumble. it's also good just to dump the actlog because there is a lot of other relevant info in there that you'll be wanting sooner or later. err.. better yet, just pull it down from my.adsm.org, it's the daily backup status tool, I put a new one up there a few days ago, I don't know if it's made it all the way to to my.adsm.org yet, In the event that you have some objection to that site, you can pull it straight from my website. http://www.warispeace.org/tsm/dailybackupstatus.tar.gz or if you want the new one ( and you probably do, it is much improved ) http://www.warispeace.org/tsm/new-dbs.tar.gz at least it will dump a LOT of relevant info into your DB of choice ( it's setup for mysql, but it uses DBI, so you can change it whatever you prefer ). Enjoy!