# REQUEST DOCUMENT **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-Web-and-XML-Technology\ **Created:** [August 25, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/request-document/60127 "2005-08-25T22:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert\_E\_Bevis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Robert\_E\_Bevis](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Robert_E_Bevis)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/request-document/60127/1 "2005-08-25T22:25:32Z")
I’ve heard a rumor that the REQUEST DOCUMENT feature of NATURAL 6 will be going away. Is that true? If so, why? Robert ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Schindler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Eric\_Schindler](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Eric_Schindler)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/request-document/60127/2 "2005-08-26T12:40:11Z")
No definitely not!! Where is this false “rumor” comming from??? ---
**Author:** ![Wayne\_Campos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/wayne_campos/32/104_2.png) [@Wayne\_Campos](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Wayne_Campos)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/request-document/60127/3 "2005-08-26T22:12:52Z")
At the NATURAL Conference we found out that the REQUEST DOCUMENT statement is planned to be available for NATURAL 4.2 for the mainframe (late 2006 Q1). The holdup was caused by the need for UNICODE support to implement the statement. ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_E\_Bevis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Robert\_E\_Bevis](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Robert_E_Bevis)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/request-document/60127/4 "2005-08-26T22:17:58Z")
Came from the NATURAL User’s Conference in Boston. There were no discussions, presentation or materials about this ability of NATURAL on Open Systems, including the NATURAL 6.2 futures. Off hand comments were made by SAG employees and customers on the SAG Executive committee that the decision was made to drop this and any capability from NATURAL that over laps with ENTIRE X functionality. I take it strickly as a rumor since I did not attend the conference. I’m hearing this from other people who attended. None the less I am concerned. We use the REQUEST DOCUMENT and PARSE functionality of NATURAL 6, and would like to see more advanced capabilities built into NATURAL, not less. As a very happy ENTIRE X customer, I still see the value of WEB/XML technology built into NATURAL. Robert ---
**Author:** ![anon29934956](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@anon29934956](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/anon29934956)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/request-document/60127/5 "2005-08-29T15:19:45Z")
The REQUEST DOCUMENT statement is integral part of the Natural language and will be provided on mainframes as well. There are no plans to remove this functionality from Natural. :!: ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_E\_Bevis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Robert\_E\_Bevis](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Robert_E_Bevis)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/request-document/60127/6 "2005-08-29T20:13:55Z")
That’s definately good news. Thanks for the update. ---
**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/request-document/60127/7 "2021-04-02T14:40:15Z")