Transferring access database to contacts

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Drew Partin

We have all our old contact files in an access database
and want to transfer them to outlook:contact. However
when i attempt to import the database i get a translation
error and cannot complete the transfer. Any ideas why i
get this error.
Thanks.
 
Depending on how your data got into the Access file (i.e. created from
another application) - you likely have some invalid characters in some of
the fields which normally wouldn't get in there if it was created via an
Access application - we've run across that issue a few times when the data
was originally created in another system.

You should try exporting your file to a CSV format to see what happens or
alternativelhy - you can try using ContactGenie to import the CSV file - the
error log created should identify any data errors (we check "text file" data
more rigoriously then we do for "database" tables).

Karl
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Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group

ContactGenie - "automated contact importer for MS Outlook '2000/2002
http://contactgenie.claxton.com
 
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