Switch off Syncsort for using Natural internal sort

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We have Natural nucleus build with Syncsort option. But we do not want to use Syncsort anymore. Is it possible to switch it off and use hereinafter the Natural internal sort?

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Turn it off for a specific job by specifying a dynamic Natural parameter (parameters on EXEC or within CMPRMIN):

SORT=(EXT=OFF)

Or turn it off permanently via the NTSORT macro:

NTSORT EXT=OFF,...
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Thanks Ralph for the quick response. I prefer permanent solution and have looked after NTSORT. As I see a new Natural Parameter Module has to be defined. I have read documentation but not clear how I should define, create it step by step.
My Natural (V 6.1.1 Pl 14 Software AG 2005) runs on Solaris Unix.

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You don’t need to define a new parameter module, just use the natparm utility to modify the one you are using.

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The problem is that there is no any SORT, NTSORT, SORT related paramter in natparm. I try SEARCH, export all parameters and check it in VI editor but nothing.

As I see natparm parameters looks like:
[SECTIONx]
PARAM1=YES
PARAM2=NO
[SECTIONx-END]

How should I define NTSORT ?

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Sorry, on OpenSystems the SORT library is linked to the nucleus, go to your
$NATDIR/$NATVERS/bin/build directory, issue a make and don’t specify sync=yes

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Just for your information. The SORT / NTSORT are for mainframe.

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Thank You Mogens!

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Thanks Wolfgang! So this is the only way on OpenSystems to switch off Syncsort.
I’m not so familiar in the Natural nucleus rebuilding and for safety reason, I would like to save off (backup) the concerned or all current Natural system folders. What are would be?
The Nucleus rebuilding will affect any Adabas components, folders?

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There is no need for a massive backup, a make natural will just build a new module named natural in $NATDIR/$NATVERS/bin/buildYou can then test that new module from this directory, when you are happy with it issue a make install which will simply copy natural to $NATDIR/$NATVERS/bin and rename the existing natural to natural.old, so if something does not work as expected you can easily rename the executable from natural.old to natural again.

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I managed to do it! Wolfgang special thank you, but the rest I learned a lot as well. Best regards!