# 3148 : Database 3 is not active or not accessible **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Linux, Natural-Database-Interfaces-on-Open-Systems\ **Created:** [September 8, 2006, 6:06am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/3148-database-3-is-not-active-or-not-accessible/61392 "2006-09-08T06:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![papajohn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/papajohn/32/85_2.png) [@papajohn](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/papajohn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 6:06am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/3148-database-3-is-not-active-or-not-accessible/61392/1 "2006-09-08T06:06:02Z")
I am getting this message trying to execute a program that reads a file which only exists in one Database, 10. DDM is defined to Security, I have all the links set. Our Testing Database is TEST10, I have no clue where it is getting Database 3 from. Can someone tell me what this message means? We’re using Natural 4.13 and Adabas 3.3.2 on Linux. Thanks in advance. John ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/3148-database-3-is-not-active-or-not-accessible/61392/2 "2006-09-08T12:38:19Z")
Does the DDM specify a fixed DBID of 10, or is it set to 0 in the DDM ? If the latter, check the UDB parameter, or, if this is 0 as well, the “dbid” of your FUSER would be substituted. ---
**Author:** ![papajohn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/papajohn/32/85_2.png) [@papajohn](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/papajohn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/3148-database-3-is-not-active-or-not-accessible/61392/3 "2006-09-08T23:35:34Z")
All of our DBID’s are set to 0 in the DDM’s Our FUSER is set to DBID 22 So I need to set a DBID now (in LINUX) in our DDM’s? Here is what the docs says: "If no DBID is specified in the DDM used, the DBID specified with the UDB profile parameter determines which database is accessed. If so, the UDB profile parameter must be set to a valid DB number. " Where/How do I set the UDB? Thanks in Advance… John ---
**Author:** ![Gyro\_Gearloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Gyro\_Gearloose](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Gyro_Gearloose)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/3148-database-3-is-not-active-or-not-accessible/61392/4 "2006-09-08T23:41:33Z")
Many possibilities: Either set it dynamically in your command line (e.g. natural udb=10 …) or use natparm to set it permanently (do a search via the natparm menu search option for “udb”). ---
**Author:** ![papajohn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/papajohn/32/85_2.png) [@papajohn](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/papajohn)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/3148-database-3-is-not-active-or-not-accessible/61392/5 "2006-09-09T00:37:31Z")
Bingo, There it is, Duh, I swear I never set it to 3, Could that have been set as a default? Grrrrr… Thanks Gyro Gearloose… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/3148-database-3-is-not-active-or-not-accessible/61392/6 "2021-04-02T14:40:49Z")