not knowing much more about your scenario I would simply suggest if its an ftp location then use a DTS package. its FTP object is very easy to work with for retrieving files. if there's a server share instead then the T-SQL script may be slightly easier. if the flat file is just rows of records then running a bulk insert statement from either a DTS package or a T-SQL script should be a piece of cake.
Ryan
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