# unload data from adabas **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Linux, Natural-Installation-and-Setup-on-Open-Systems, Natural-on-Windows-Unix\ **Created:** [September 16, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/unload-data-from-adabas/60179 "2005-09-16T17:47:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sarovb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@sarovb](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/sarovb)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/unload-data-from-adabas/60179/1 "2005-09-16T17:47:47Z")
Is there any way to unload adabas data to flat file using natural programs? Please provide with examples. ---
**Author:** ![anon29934956](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@anon29934956](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/anon29934956)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/unload-data-from-adabas/60179/2 "2005-09-16T18:01:25Z")
Please look into :arrow: library: SYSEXPG :arrow: program: WWFEX1 ---
**Author:** ![anon29934956](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@anon29934956](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/anon29934956)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/unload-data-from-adabas/60179/3 "2005-09-16T18:02:39Z")
Sorry, plase look into libaray: SYSEXRM (not SYSEXPG) :roll: ---
**Author:** ![sarovb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@sarovb](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/sarovb)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/unload-data-from-adabas/60179/4 "2005-09-16T18:23:59Z")
iam new to ADABAS. we are running adabas v 3.1 on Windows platforms. any small natural program to unload the data from adabas to flat files. please help me to prodive sample programs (natural or C) ---
**Author:** ![anon29934956](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@anon29934956](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/anon29934956)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/unload-data-from-adabas/60179/5 "2005-09-16T18:31:42Z")
```auto /* EXAMPLE 'WWFEX1': WRITE WORK FILE / *************************************** DEFINE DATA LOCAL 1 EMPLOY-VIEW VIEW OF EMPLOYEES 2 PERSONNEL-ID 2 NAME END-DEFINE / *************************************** FIND EMPLOY-VIEW WITH CITY = 'LONDON' WRITE WORK FILE 1 PERSONNEL-ID NAME END-FIND / *************************************** END ``` ---
**Author:** ![sarovb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@sarovb](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/sarovb)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/unload-data-from-adabas/60179/6 "2005-09-16T18:45:54Z")
Thanks for the program. Is it possible to speicfiy delimit option in the program ( pipe | symbol) … example : data should like this Michael|germany|1110|nice guy ---
**Author:** ![anon29934956](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@anon29934956](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/anon29934956)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/unload-data-from-adabas/60179/7 "2005-09-16T19:28:17Z")
Dear Sarovb, There are many possibilities to write data to disk. Please look into the documentation regarding: ```auto define work file compress ``` (When Natural on Windows is running, you may press F1 to call the help function.) [/list] [/code] ---
**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/unload-data-from-adabas/60179/8 "2021-04-02T14:40:17Z")