# Does the ADABASE C API allow you to connect to any platform?

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/does-the-adabase-c-api-allow-you-to-connect-to-any-platform/75732>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-on-Windows-UNIX, Adabas-Platforms\
**Created:** [November 22, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/does-the-adabase-c-api-allow-you-to-connect-to-any-platform/75732 "2007-11-22T16:04:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![pjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@pjc](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/pjc)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/does-the-adabase-c-api-allow-you-to-connect-to-any-platform/75732/1 "2007-11-22T16:04:13Z")

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Hi  
I am new to ADABAS and have downloaded the community addition for windows.

We are using the C client API to connect to ADABAS databases.

Does the C API allow me to connect to any ADABAS database on any platform, eg mainframe, unix and windows?

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**Author:** ![Stuart\_Fyffe-Collins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Stuart\_Fyffe-Collins](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Stuart_Fyffe-Collins)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/does-the-adabase-c-api-allow-you-to-connect-to-any-platform/75732/2 "2007-11-22T18:16:20Z")

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In theory yes, but in order to access a remote database(s) you will need Entire Net-work. For more information: [http://www.softwareag.com/corporate/products/adabas/portfolio/add\_ons/distributed.asp](http://www.softwareag.com/corporate/products/adabas/portfolio/add_ons/distributed.asp)

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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:** [November 22, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/does-the-adabase-c-api-allow-you-to-connect-to-any-platform/75732/3 "2007-11-22T18:17:13Z")

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The API is the same across platforms.

However, you will have to run your program(s) on the target system, you will NOT be able to run a program on Windows and talk to a mainframe or Unix database, this would require a middleware-piece called Entire Net-Work.

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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, 2:48pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/does-the-adabase-c-api-allow-you-to-connect-to-any-platform/75732/4 "2021-04-02T14:48:56Z")

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