From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2002-11-19T14:58:35+09:00 Subject: Re: Read a file... Hi, In message "Re: Read a file..." on 02/11/19, Bruce Williams writes: || File.open("filename.sql"){|f| query << f.readlines.to_s} | |or simply: | query = File::open('filename.sql'){ |f| f.read } Or simply query = File.read('filename.sql') on 1.7.3 matz.