# How to connect to adabas d database from natural application

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**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-Code-Samples\
**Created:** [March 22, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-connect-to-adabas-d-database-from-natural-application/96550 "2011-03-22T12:17:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![merrick\_meredith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@merrick\_meredith](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/merrick_meredith)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-connect-to-adabas-d-database-from-natural-application/96550/1 "2011-03-22T12:17:18Z")

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I’ve started using adabas d and natural, I come from a .NET C# programming backround and would like to know how to connect a natural application to an adabase d database and retrieve rows from a table?

Thanks  
merrick

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**Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-connect-to-adabas-d-database-from-natural-application/96550/2 "2011-03-23T03:53:07Z")

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Hi Merrick,  
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You need Entire Access middleware from Software AG.  
[http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/osx621unw/overview.htm](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/osx621unw/overview.htm)  
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As a colleague of mine says “It’s a pity that Entire Access is not bundled with Natural”.  
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Kind Regards,  
Peter

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**Author:** ![merrick\_meredith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@merrick\_meredith](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/merrick_meredith)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-connect-to-adabas-d-database-from-natural-application/96550/3 "2011-03-23T12:02:17Z")

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Morning Peter

Thanks greatly for the info, is Entire access available as a free download?  
Also Peter do you know of any documentation about creating databases, tables ect in Adabas D.

Have a great day

merrick

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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:** [March 24, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-connect-to-adabas-d-database-from-natural-application/96550/4 "2011-03-24T06:17:13Z")

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Hi Merrick,

1. Sorry, I don’t believe that Entire Access is available as a free download.  
Perhaps ask your friendly local Software AG account manager to arrange a trial copy …

2. The latest Adabas-D documentation is available at:  
[http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/adabas/aad1514/overview.htm](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/adabas/aad1514/overview.htm)

Kind regards,  
Peter

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-connect-to-adabas-d-database-from-natural-application/96550/5 "2021-04-02T14:59:58Z")

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