[sqlite] Importing delimited text table into SQLite3

[John D. Tiedeman]

I,m trying to import a 6-col. tab delimited table into a 6-field SQLite3 
table:
  .import busrides.txt rides
Message: line 1: expected 6 columns of data but found 1
I tried adding "delimiters tab" with no effectt then "delimited by tab". 
Then I copied the first few lines into a new file, busridessc.txt and 
replaced the tabs with semicolons and used the delimiter clause with 
";". Same message. Then I created a 1-col. table with a few dates in it 
and successfully imported into a new 1-field SQL table. I never had this 
problem with SQLite2. What do I have to do to get the delimiters 
recognized as they were in the old COPY command?