# how to find a filed position in Mainframe ADABAS DB

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-find-a-filed-position-in-mainframe-adabas-db/195134>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-Add-on-Products, Adabas-Distributed-Data\
**Created:** [June 14, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-find-a-filed-position-in-mainframe-adabas-db/195134 "2017-06-14T10:22:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Murthy\_P\_V\_S\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Murthy\_P\_V\_S\_R](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Murthy_P_V_S_R)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-find-a-filed-position-in-mainframe-adabas-db/195134/1 "2017-06-14T10:22:59Z")

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Hi,

I have added a new field to the existing ADABAS DB and I would like to know the column position of this newly added field. Is there anyway please advise.

Thanks & Regards  
MP

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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:** [June 14, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-find-a-filed-position-in-mainframe-adabas-db/195134/2 "2017-06-14T10:59:19Z")

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Adaabs is field based, so there is no fixed column position.

In what context would you need to know a “column position” ?

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**Author:** ![Murthy\_P\_V\_S\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Murthy\_P\_V\_S\_R](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Murthy_P_V_S_R)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-find-a-filed-position-in-mainframe-adabas-db/195134/3 "2017-06-14T15:12:40Z")

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I have to fill one process document which is mandatory to get ADABAS DBA approval for adding new column in DB. In that document, it has few columns: the field position from, to , data type and length we have to specify.

Thanks & Regards  
MP

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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:** [June 14, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-find-a-filed-position-in-mainframe-adabas-db/195134/4 "2017-06-14T20:56:05Z")

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You don’t need a starting or ending position to add an elementary field to Adabas. Perhaps those entries are on the form for descriptor (key) definitions, where the value is based on a portion of a field.

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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, 3:38pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-find-a-filed-position-in-mainframe-adabas-db/195134/5 "2021-04-02T15:38:42Z")

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