Editing ADABAS (section)

=== Example of Natural program running against Adabas ===
<syntaxhighlight lang="cobolfree">
FIND EMPLOYEE WITH NAME = 'JONES' OR = 'BAKER'
 AND CITY = 'BOSTON' THRU 'NEW YORK'
 AND CITY NE 'CHAPEL HILL'
 SORTED BY NAME
 WHERE SALARY  < 28000
  DISPLAY NAME FIRST-NAME CITY SALARY
END-FIND 
END
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In the above program, the search criteria specified in the <code>WITH</code> clause is processed by Adabas, whereas the additional filtering indicated by the <code>WHERE</code> clause is performed by Natural.

Output of program:
<syntaxhighlight lang="output">
NAME  FIRST-NAME CITY      SALARY 
---------------------------------
BAKER PAULINE    DERBY     4450
JONES MARTHA     KALAMAZOO 21000
JONES KEVIN      DERBY     7000
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