That worked a treat , thanks guys. Just one small detail I need to sort. When I copy contents of the second file I would like to lose the header row.so its one big block of data in one file.

ie:

"Name", "address", "age"
"Joe","10 the road","24"
"Joe","20 the road","27"
"Joe","55 the road","67"

"Name", "address", "age"
"mary","10 the road","24"
"bill","20 the road","27"
"ian","55 the road","67"

So to summarise when I read in the second file, I want to ignore the first row ( which is headings)

Please help again guys !

Locutus