Contact Fields

The following field information is intended assist those who design reports for Sage 50 using Crystal Reports.

Filename: CONTACTS.DAT

Contacts.DAT is the contact file. It contains a row (record) for each contact. Most of the information below is entered or displayed in Sage 50's Maintain Customers/Prospects> Contact tab.

Indexes and Their Uses

CONTACTS.DAT has 3 keys, as follows:

0 = ByContactRecordNum

1 = ByGuid

2 = ByCustRecordNumber

Fields

The following table shows the fields available in the CONTACTS.DAT file and includes the type and size in number of bytes of each field.

Field Name

Type

Size

Comment

RecordNumber

Integer

4

Identity value. Primary key for the table. This value is not visible on the Contacts tab.

Guid

Binary

16

(Globally Unique Identifier) Unique identifier for the contact. It is used for linking the contact to other tables. This value is not visible on the Contacts tab.

LastName

ZString

20

Contact's last name

FirstName

ZString

15

Contact's first name

MiddleInitial

ZString

1

Contact's middle initial (without the period)

Prefix

ZString

4

Contact's prefix designation (e.g. Ms., Mr.

Suffix

ZString

4

Contact's suffix (e.g. Jr.

Gender

Integer

2

0=unspecified

1=male

2=female

Title

ZString

30

The contact's job title.

CompanyName

ZString

39

The company name associated with the contact

Telephone1

ZString

20

The Telephone 1 value from the Contacts tab.

Telephone2

ZString

20

The Telephone 2 value from the Contacts tab.

Fax

ZString

20

The Fax number from the Contacts tab.

Email

ZString

64

The email address from the Contacts tab.

Notes

ZString

255

Any notes that were entered for the contact

AddressRecordNumber

Integer

4

A foreign key to the Address record assigned to this contact. This column matches up to the Address.AddressRecordNumber column.

CustomerRecord

Integer

4

A foreign key back to the Customer record. It associates a customer record with the contact. This column matches the Customer.CustomerRecordNumber column.

IsPrimaryContact

Integer

1

0 = false. This contact is not the primary or bill-to contact.

1 = true. This contact is the primary or bill-to contact.

Note: Only one contact for each customer can be the primary or bill-to contact.

IsDefaultShipTo

Integer

1

0 = false. This contact is not the default ship-to contact.

1 = true. This contact is the default ship-to contact.

Note: Only one contact for each customer can be the default ship-to contact.

NameToUseOnForms

Integer

2

0 = use the full contact name when a contact name is required.

1 = use the company name associated with the contact when a contact name is required.

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