Export PST

[Jacques Latoison]

Hello all,
Does anyone know of a way, or tool, that will extract the records out of
a PST, so they can be put into Access or SQL?
Access 2007 seems to only do one folder in the PST at a time, and I actually
need to do this to a dozen large PST's.

The other question is;
does anyone know of a way, or tool that will pull all the items from a
PST and put them into one folder in a PST?

Thanks beforehand,

 

[Tony Cannizzo]

I had the same problem until I tried it from the other direction. Instead of
exporting from Outlook to Access, try importing your Outlook from Access.

You can also link Outlook folders as Tables in Access, pretty cool stuff.

tc

 

[Jacques Latoison]

Too many folders in the PST.
How do I do the whole PST, as oppossed to just one folder at a time?

 

[Karl Timmermans]

Would respectfully suggest that you clarify and narrow the scope of your
question(s) - perhaps briefly describe what exactly it is you are trying to
accomplish (Outlook is not a relational database and there are various one
to many relationships for a single item type - i.e. one contact record -
multiple possible entries in its contact links collection as but one very
simple example that immediately comes to mind).

The second question in your post ("a way........pull all the items from the
PST and put them into one folder") makes no logical sense as written. Going
strictly by what is being asked - it is the equivalent of asking "How can I
export all the information from a Sales/Inventory system (containing
separate tables for Customers, Vendors, Products, Orders, Invoices etc etc
etc ) and combine all that information into one single table in a way that
makes sense?"

Karl
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Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter
"Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007"
http://www.contactgenie.com

 

[Roady [MVP]]

As for SQL, you can take a look at this tool;
http://addins.howto-outlook.com/genius_connect

As for putting everything into a single folder;
Create a Search Folder to aggregate all the email items from all folders and
then move them to a single folder.

The real question remains though; what are you trying to achieve by this?
There might be better solutions.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Too many folders in the PST.
How do I do the whole PST, as oppossed to just one folder at a time?

Create a search folder that displays the contents of all folders so everything
appears in a single view. You can then easily select the entire list and copy
it all at once.

That said, I think it's a mistake to consolidate too many folders into a
single folder. Of course, "too many" is open to interpretation.