What is "abserver.exe -validatedb" doing?

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  Hello,

  Could someone please explain what the command "abserver.exe -validatedb" is doing?

  I have read a lot of good information and blog posts about the abserver, such as:

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee323481(office.13).aspx
  http://blogs.pointbridge.com/Blogs/schertz_jeff/Pages/Post.aspx?_ID=66
  http://ucnoevil.blogspot.com/2008/03/address-book-chaos.html

  But all the information I can find about this command is:
  "Validates the schema and user data in the database."

  So I would like to understand some more about the inner workings of this validation.

  What would some "unvalid" user data look like?
  What commands or tools could be used to check the data and fix errors?

  /mk

  Monday, September 14, 2009 12:26 PM