# Database not active or not accessible

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/database-not-active-or-not-accessible/79152>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-on-Linux, Adabas-Installation-and-Setup-on-Open-Systems, Adabas-Natural-Cloud\
**Created:** [October 1, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/database-not-active-or-not-accessible/79152 "2008-10-01T23:09:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brian\_Reynolds1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Brian\_Reynolds1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Brian_Reynolds1)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/database-not-active-or-not-accessible/79152/1 "2008-10-01T23:09:23Z")

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I am using Natural v6.34, and ADABAS v6.1.4.04 in a Vista environment. Both have installed without issue, but now I get the following error when I try to run a program that accesses the database:

Database 12 is not active or not accessible.

When I look at the database in the DBA Workbench, it sure looks active to me.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Klaus\_Weingaertner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/87869e/32.png) [@Klaus\_Weingaertner](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Klaus_Weingaertner)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/database-not-active-or-not-accessible/79152/2 "2008-11-07T15:27:53Z")

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Hi,

Natural contains a program readx01 for reading records of the employees file.  
If you’ve used the instructions from the tutorial you can use this example for verifying your installation.  
Start Natural and navigate using the logical view to Local Environment → System Libraries -\>SYSEXPG → Programs.  
Open the program READX01 and run it by pressing CTRL + r  
The result should be a list of employees.

Best regards

Klaus

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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, 2:50pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/database-not-active-or-not-accessible/79152/3 "2021-04-02T14:50:58Z")

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