Used when importing free-format ASCII files to specify whether or not character strings are surrounded by double quotes. The syntax is:
QUOTES = {Y | N};
Set QUOTES to N (default) if there are no quotes around character strings in the source file. Set QUOTES to Y if the character strings in the source file are surrounded by quotes. It is common to surround character strings with double quotes in comma-delimited ASCII files. QUOTES is an optional Batch Import command.
For example:
QUOTES = Y;
will import a free-format ASCII file that has character strings enclosed in quotes.