Thanks for the reply. I need to avoid the "s///g" option because there may be multiple lines that I need to find and replace. Here is one of the input files:

/* ------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------ ** %%TableName%%.Fl ** ------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------ ** FastLoad Script for %%TableName%% ** ------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------ ** Generated by LoadGen ** ------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------ ** What | Who | When | Why ** ------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------ ** 1.00 | %%Author_Initials%% | %%Date%% | Original Version ** ------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------ ** | | | ** ------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------ ** | | | ** ------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------ */ .Show Versions; .Sessions %%Sessions%%; .LogOn %%TPID%%/%%User%%,%%Password%%; Database %%StagingDB%%; Drop Table ET_%%TableName%%; Drop Table UV_%%TableName%%; Drop Table %%TableName%%_Stage; Create Set Table %%TableName%%_Stage , No FallBack , No Before Journal , No After Journal , CheckSum = High ( %%Column_Name_Comma%% Varchar(%%Column_Size%%) ) Primary Index ( %%Primary_Index_Column_Comma%% ) ; .Set Record %%Record_Type%%; Begin Loading %%TableName%%_Stage Errorfiles ET_%%TableName%%, UV_%%TableName%%; Help Table %%TableName%%_Stage; Define File = %%Data_Dir%%%%Data_FileName%%; Show; ErrLimit %%ErrLimit%%; Insert Into %%TableName%%_Stage Values ( :%%Column_Name_Comma%% ); End Loading; .LogOff;


Doug

In reply to Re^2: Problem Replacing Previously Found String by NateTut
in thread Problem Replacing Previously Found String by NateTut

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