[FAQ's: OD] How do I Export ContactItems to a Access database?

Using ADO for this example we can easily export our primary Outlook contacts to an Access database. You can use any technology to perform the database connection and inserts.


Outlook VBA Code Example:

VB Code:

'Behind ThisOutlookSession
 
Option Explicit
'Add a reference to MS ActiveX Data Objects 2.x Library
Public Sub ExportContacts()
    
    'Connect to your database
    Dim oCnn As ADODB.Connection
    
    Set oCnn = New ADODB.Connection
    oCnn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\MyDB.mdb;User Id=Admin;Password=;"
    oCnn.Open
 
    'Connect to your default Contacts folder
    Dim oConFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
    Dim oContact As Outlook.ContactItem
    Dim sSQL As String
 
    Set oConFolder = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts)
    'Iterate through the primary Outlook Contacts
    For Each oContact In oConFolder.Items
        'Table1 must already exist with the correct fields/Data types
        sSQL = "INSERT INTO Table1"
        sSQL = sSQL & " (FirstName, LastName, CompanyName, Email1Address, Phone, FAX)"
        sSQL = sSQL & " VALUES('" & oContact.FirstName ' 
        sSQL = sSQL & "', '" & oContact.LastName  '
        sSQL = sSQL & "', '" & oContact.CompanyName  '
        sSQL = sSQL & "', '" & oContact.Email1Address  '
        sSQL = sSQL & "', '" & oContact.BusinessTelephoneNumber  '
        sSQL = sSQL & "', '" & oContact.BusinessFaxNumber & "')"  '
        oCnn.Execute sSQL
    Next
    Set oContact = Nothing
    Set oConFolder = Nothing
    oCnn.Close
    Set oCnn = Nothing
 
End Sub