Yes, this can be done, but you have to write all the code to read from and write to the database, unless you use something like SQLView. See
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/database.htm
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at
http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.slipstick.com/books/jumpstart.htm
"Lesley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:985601c34624$df247020$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> Is anyone able to advise please, if it is possible to
> design an Outlook form which accesses information from an
> external database at the time of opening a new, blank
> form?
>
> And can be triggered to write to a database when the user
> submits the form?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Lesley