# Can mainframe Natural read SQL server?

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/can-mainframe-natural-read-sql-server/62253>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes, Natural-Database-and-TP-Monitor-Interfaces-on-Mainframes\
**Created:** [May 30, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/can-mainframe-natural-read-sql-server/62253 "2007-05-30T03:34:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![adabasdba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@adabasdba](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/adabasdba)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/can-mainframe-natural-read-sql-server/62253/1 "2007-05-30T03:34:35Z")

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We’re running Natural / Adabas on an IBM mainframe.

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**Author:** ![Douglas\_Kelly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/douglas_kelly/32/102_2.png) [@Douglas\_Kelly](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Douglas_Kelly)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/can-mainframe-natural-read-sql-server/62253/2 "2007-08-18T04:14:22Z")

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one option is to use EntireX Communicator. Set up a .Net RPC server that makes the calls to SQL Server and configure Natural to do CALLNAT RPC calls to the server.

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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, 2:41pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/can-mainframe-natural-read-sql-server/62253/3 "2021-04-02T14:41:12Z")

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