> Now I will be manipulating this, converting it into a list, inserting > things in it, and then writing to a csv file.
You might as well manipulate it as an array, unless you have a specific need to get it into a list first? Then to get the array to CSV, you can do: aList= '"' & ArrayToList( anArray , '","' ) & '"' And all the elements will be quoted, so any internal commas do not count as delimiters. If you do need to manipulate as a list, do as the others suggest and use a different character as delimiter - making sure it's not one that will occur in the text - Chr(65535) is a good choice for that - it's not a valid character (so wont be in text), but still works as a delimiter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316793 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
