zq 's questions is just what I want to ask :-) " I am trying to read the exchange database files (un-mounted .edb files) using the Extensible Storage Engine API. I have been able to open a few tables like Mailbox table and one of its columns with id = 0 and retrieved values like: (E)MailBoxName or (7)CN=xx,CN=xx.., but unable to get more out of it.Even the mSysObjects table column id = 0 is returning empty values, and the Folders table is returning some funny charachters for coulumn id = 0. I cannot really interpret the contents, I want to get to the mails in mailboxes. I need to know ; 1) From where I can get the schema of the .edb file of Exchange 2000 & Exchange 2003 ? 2)Is there any catalog table from where i can get the info of other tables in the edb file. I have sucessfully opened the mSysObjects table and able to retrieve the values of the column with id= 0 but the values are empty strings. 3)Is there any functions in the ESE API from where i can get the info of the different columns and their names for a particular table in the .edb file. 4)Are there any alternatives of the ESE API to do this task of reading un-mounted exchange databases? 5)Is there any comprehensive sample code (reference) to do reading through mailboxes in an un-mounted .edb file using theESE API? " If you can answer any of these then it would be great. Regards,
