# Multi-fetch support

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/multi-fetch-support/100118>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Linux, Natural-Database-Interfaces-on-Open-Systems, Natural-on-Windows-Unix\
**Created:** [April 9, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/multi-fetch-support/100118 "2012-04-09T20:26:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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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:** [April 9, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/multi-fetch-support/100118/1 "2012-04-09T20:26:27Z")

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> When used in conjunction with database type ADA2, the Multi-Fetch Clause is ignored completetly …

This is from the Natural for Windows documentation for the READ statement. Would someone please explain its rationale? It would make sense to me when processing LOBs, but what if they are not involved? Is Adabas performing multi-fetches internally, or are all accesses single-record?

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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, 3:01pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/multi-fetch-support/100118/2 "2021-04-02T15:01:44Z")

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