correct database engine failure in publisher mail merge

[Mary]

I am trying to do a mail merge in a publisher document with an excel file of
addresses. It keeps telling me database engine failure. How do I correct
this error?

 

[Mary Sauer]

See:
You receive a "The operation cannot be completed because of dialog or data base
engine failures" error message when you try to perform a mail merge by using an
Outlook 2003 contact folder in Publisher 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908474/en-us