Ok, I solved my own problem by writing a PHP script to sync user contact data from the user tables into an empty addressbook module in the addressbook_contact table.  I've scheduled the script in cron so profile updates are propogated to the addressbook hourly. The PHP script is freely available and can be downloaded on my site: http://smccandl.net.

Thanks for the heads up.  I've fixed my site and you can find the code download on this page:

http://smccandl.net/?q=node/4

Let me know if you have any questions about getting it to work.

Scott

Since you can have multiple address books on different pages (similar to other modules), Exponent uses a location_data field in the database to serve as a reference.  Each instance of addressbook module will have a different value for the location_data field.

You'll need to look in the database, probably using phpMyAdmin, to find this value in the exponent_addressbook_contact table. It'll be a long, ugly string of characters and it should be easy to identify if you only have one addressbook module in your site.

Scott

Should work for .96 and .97, but may need to tweak the sql queries to match the tables.  No idea whether or not it will work on 2.0, but probably can be adjusted if necessary.

If I were you, I'd create the target addressbook on a non-public page and test out the syncing by running the script.  The script only reads/pulls data from your users table (it doesn't modify) so you don't need to worry about messing up your existing site, but you could always install another copy of exponent in a different location for testing to be cautious.

Good luck!

Scott