# How to activate the database in  Natural in windowa platform

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-activate-the-database-in-natural-in-windowa-platform/61728>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-News-and-General-Topics, Natural-on-Windows-Unix\
**Created:** [November 24, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-activate-the-database-in-natural-in-windowa-platform/61728 "2006-11-24T21:18:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ramesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@Ramesh](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ramesh)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-activate-the-database-in-natural-in-windowa-platform/61728/1 "2006-11-24T21:18:34Z")

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Hi,  
Can anyone help me in the fallowing error message,Since i got installed Natural in Windows.

## NAT3148 Database :1: is not active or not accessible

TEXT:  
Adabas is not active or not accessible.  
EXPL:  
The Adabas nucleus was not active or not accessible when the command  
was issued.  
ACTN:  
Start the database or contact your database administrator

Thanks  
Ramesh

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-activate-the-database-in-natural-in-windowa-platform/61728/2 "2006-11-24T23:06:31Z")

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From the Start menu or a desktop icon, invoke the DBA Workbench, which you should have installed with Adabas. Highlight the database entry and press Ctrl-S to start it. Ctrl-T will stop it.

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**Author:** ![Ramesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@Ramesh](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ramesh)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-activate-the-database-in-natural-in-windowa-platform/61728/3 "2006-11-27T23:07:20Z")

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Thanks Ralph Zbrog.

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**Author:** ![Jerzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jerzy](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Jerzy)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-activate-the-database-in-natural-in-windowa-platform/61728/4 "2007-08-14T22:02:27Z")

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I get this error NAT3148 as well but I can’t find the DBA Workbench.

I have downloaded and installed Natural Studio for Windows 6.2.3 and Adabas D version 13.01.07, which has a Control program under Administration, but no DBA Workbench either.

What have I missed here?

regards,  
J.K.

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-activate-the-database-in-natural-in-windowa-platform/61728/5 "2007-08-14T23:13:06Z")

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Workbench is installed with Adabas C, which is functionally equivalent to Adabas on the mainframe. Adabas C automatically interfaces with Natural for Windows, and you get sample files (EMPLOYEES & VEHICLES) to play with. Adabas C, for Windows, is downloadable from the Forum.

Adabas D is a relational data base, does not have Workbench, and takes more effort to connect to Natural (as an SQL database would).

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**Author:** ![Jerzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jerzy](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Jerzy)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-activate-the-database-in-natural-in-windowa-platform/61728/6 "2007-08-15T00:43:21Z")

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oh, ok, thanks - downloaded D by mistake

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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, 2:40pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-activate-the-database-in-natural-in-windowa-platform/61728/7 "2021-04-02T14:40:57Z")

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