# change field name

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/change-field-name/58156>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-on-Linux, Adabas-Utilities-on-Open-Systems\
**Created:** [October 25, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/change-field-name/58156 "2006-10-25T01:14:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Andrea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Andrea](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Andrea)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/change-field-name/58156/1 "2006-10-25T01:14:13Z")

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How do I go about changing the name of a field in an existing file?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/change-field-name/58156/2 "2006-10-25T02:26:27Z")

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The Adabas 2-character short-name ?

You can’t without unloading and reloading the file, but why would you need to ?

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**Author:** ![Andrea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Andrea](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Andrea)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/change-field-name/58156/3 "2006-10-25T18:01:15Z")

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No, the developers want to change the actual field name. I know I can change the ddm, but do I have to do something on the database side. I know the database recognizes the two character short name, but does it match it up with an actual field name somewhere inside the database? If not, then I guess all I have to do is change the ddm???

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/change-field-name/58156/4 "2006-10-25T19:55:07Z")

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> [@Andrea](#):
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> If not, then I guess all I have to do is change the ddm???

Excatly, the DDM matches the 2-char Adabas short name to a more verbose “long name”, as long as the 2-char name is correct, you are free to rename the “Natural name” to whatever you like 😉

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**Author:** ![Andrea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Andrea](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Andrea)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/change-field-name/58156/5 "2006-10-25T21:40:01Z")

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Thank you for the quick response.

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**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, 2:39pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/change-field-name/58156/6 "2021-04-02T14:39:04Z")

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