Primary Key in contacts?

[Jim Connell]

Is there a primary key in the contacts database? I'm linking via Access and
to be able to ID the records with guaranteed uniqueness would be helpful

 

[William Tatum[MSFT]]

Contacts are not managed in a database form within Outlook. The Outlook address book was created
to resmemble a rolodex with greater efficiency and functionality. It does not hold a primary key as a
relational database would. The following article refers to primary keys and Outlook data:

292020.KB.EN-US OL2002: Creating Sequentially-Numbered Items in a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;292020

BUT...you can import contact items into an Access database. Please review the following articles to
do this:

290792.KB.EN-US OL2002: How to Programmatically Export Outlook Items to Microsoft Access
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;290792

290829.KB.EN-US OL2002: How to Store Outlook Items in an Access Database
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;290829

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From: "Jim Connell" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook
Subject: Primary Key in contacts?
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:52:49 -0500

Is there a primary key in the contacts database? I'm linking via Access and
to be able to ID the records with guaranteed uniqueness would be helpful

--
Jim Connell
Custom Software
978-392-3462
www.custom-software.biz

William R. Tatum III - MCSE, MCSA
Partner Technical Lead - Outlook/Office Setup
Microsoft Tecnnical Support
for Platforms and Business Applications

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

A property named EntryID, in conjunction with the folder property
StoreID for the folder where the item is stored is unique for each
item in Outlook. EntryID will change if an item is moved or deleted
(in non-PST mail stores), but other than that those properties can be
used to identify an item.

Contacts are not managed in a database form within Outlook. The

Outlook address book was created

to resmemble a rolodex with greater efficiency and functionality.

It does not hold a primary key as a

relational database would. The following article refers to primary keys and Outlook data:

292020.KB.EN-US OL2002: Creating Sequentially-Numbered Items in a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;292020

BUT...you can import contact items into an Access database. Please

review the following articles to