cannot read in from file - C++

hi,
I am trying to write a program that will read in the different fields in a
file "NRIC.txt". They are separated by a space except the "name" and "race" field, which is separated by a "\t". After I entered the number of students, nothing happens, the program just hangs. I am using Borland C++ 5.0. Please tell me what is wrong with my code. My other question is that in the date field, I need to read in the month individually (excluding the date and year). How do I do that? Also, how do I arrange the names alphabetically? Will strcmp do it? Thank you very much.

#include <fstream.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void main()
{
int number, i, tel[50], race[50], country[50];
char ID[50][9], name[50][21], dob[50][9], sex[50];
ifstream inFile;
cout << "Enter number of students: ";
cin >> number;
inFile.open("NRIC.txt");
if (inFile.fail())
{
cerr << "Error! The file cannot be opened!";
exit(1);
}
while (!inFile.eof())
{
for (i = 0 ; i < number ; i++)
{
inFile.get(ID, 9, '\n');
inFile.get(name, 21, '\n');
inFile >> race;
inFile.get(dob, 9, '\n');
inFile >> sex;
inFile >> country;
inFile >> tel;
}
}
cout << ID[4];
inFile.close();
getch();
}

The contents of NRIC.txt are in this format arranged in the order of ID, name, race, date of birth, sex, country, and telephone number:

0039295B RAJU S/O MURU 2 31.12.50 M 1 4689355
0060524G GOPAL SINGH 2 29.02.60 M 2 7771234
0239219D GERALD D' SOUZA 4 15.10.60 M 3 2854678
1345800F ALIJAH BTE ABAS 3 08.08.68 F 2 2345876
1605165I GOH WEI MIN 1 11.01.70 M 1 2345123
1789182J ZEE MAY LING 1 13.05.71 F 2 4557865
1824913H GAN CHEE WEE 1 25.12.73 M 1 5453310
1833283C LEELA D/O MENON 2 09.08.65 F 1 2345689

Regards,
Wei Dong