# GDA

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/gda/92279>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\
**Created:** [December 2, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/gda/92279 "2009-12-02T16:11:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![winr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@winr](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/winr)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/gda/92279/1 "2009-12-02T16:11:29Z")

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can i use a GDA within an external subroutine

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**Author:** ![Finn\_the\_Dane1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/finn_the_dane1/32/132_2.png) [@Finn\_the\_Dane1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Finn_the_Dane1)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/gda/92279/2 "2009-12-02T16:51:11Z")

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Yes !

- that is one of the main differences between subprograms and external subroutines.  
Finn

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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, 2:57pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/gda/92279/3 "2021-04-02T14:57:48Z")

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