diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.soaddressbook.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.soaddressbook.inc.php
index e138978d85..b33a55bc37 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.soaddressbook.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.soaddressbook.inc.php
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@
 			}
 			if ($this->rights & PHPGW_ACL_ADD)
 			{
-				$this->contacts->add($fields['owner'],$fields,$fields['access'],$fields['cat_id'],$fields['tid']);
+				$id = $this->contacts->add($fields['owner'],$fields,$fields['access'],$fields['cat_id'],$fields['tid']);
 			}
-			return;
+			return $id;
 		}
 
 		function get_lastid()
diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.uiaddressbook.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.uiaddressbook.inc.php
index 562cc293fc..f26ac025ba 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.uiaddressbook.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.uiaddressbook.inc.php
@@ -591,15 +591,14 @@
 		{
 			global $phpgw,$phpgw_info,$ab_id;
 
-			$addnew = $this->bo->read_entry($ab_id,$this->contacts->stock_contact_fields,$phpgw_info['user']['account_id']);
+			$addnew = $this->bo->read_entry(array('id' => $ab_id, 'fields' => $this->contacts->stock_contact_fields));
 
 			$addnew[0]['note'] .= "\nCopied from ".$phpgw->accounts->id2name($addnew[0]['owner']).", record #".$addnew[0]['id'].".";
 			$addnew[0]['owner'] = $phpgw_info['user']['account_id'];
-			$addnew[0]['id']    = '';
+			unset($addnew[0]['id']);
 			$fields = $addnew[0];
 
-			$this->bo->add_entry($fields);
-			$ab_id = $this->bo->get_lastid();
+			$ab_id = $this->bo->add_entry($fields);
 
 			Header("Location: " . $phpgw->link('/index.php',"menuaction=addressbook.uiaddressbook.edit&ab_id=$ab_id"));
 		}
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.contacts_ldap.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.contacts_ldap.inc.php
index 697397ca1d..f9495da7f9 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.contacts_ldap.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.contacts_ldap.inc.php
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@
 						. addslashes($name) . "','" . addslashes($value) . "')",__LINE__,__FILE__);
 				}
 			}
+			return $this->nextid;
 		}
 
 		function field_exists($id,$field_name)
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.contacts_sql.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.contacts_sql.inc.php
index 7ba5befae4..74813cdd2d 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.contacts_sql.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.contacts_sql.inc.php
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
 		var $ext_table='phpgw_addressbook_extra';
 
 		var $account_id;
-		var $stock_contact_fields;	/* This is an array of almost the fields in the phpgw_addressbook table, except id,owner,lid,tid,access,cat_id */
-		var $non_contact_fields;    /* Here are the rest */
-		var $email_types;           /* VCard email type array */
-		var $total_records;         /* This will contain numrows for data retrieved */
-		var $grants;                /* This holds all of the users that have granted access to there entrys */
+		var $stock_contact_fields; /* This is an array of almost the fields in the phpgw_addressbook table, except id,owner,lid,tid,access,cat_id */
+		var $non_contact_fields;   /* Here are the rest */
+		var $email_types;          /* VCard email type array */
+		var $total_records;        /* This will contain numrows for data retrieved */
+		var $grants;               /* This holds all of the users that have granted access to there entrys */
 
 		function contacts_($useacl=True)
 		{
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 			$this->db->query("SELECT id,lid,tid,owner,access,cat_id $t_fields FROM $this->std_table WHERE id='$id'",__LINE__,__FILE__);
 			$this->db->next_record();
 
-			$return_fields[0]['id']		= $this->db->f('id');
+			$return_fields[0]['id']     = $this->db->f('id');
 			$return_fields[0]['lid']    = $this->db->f('lid');
 			$return_fields[0]['tid']    = $this->db->f('tid');
 			$return_fields[0]['owner']  = $this->db->f('owner');
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@
 						. addslashes($name) . "','" . addslashes($value) . "')",__LINE__,__FILE__);
 				}
 			}
+			return $id;
 		}
 
 		function field_exists($id,$field_name)