API's

[anji_apps]

can anybody give me notes about API's and how can we use this API's and what is the difference between api's and interfaces.can u give me small example how can we use this API's in our coding.
regards
anji

[furkanalam]

See basically API's are packages built by Oracle and supplied along with the Oracle Applications ERP package.These API packages contain procedures which perform some task.
So to perform some task by running a program(i.e not from the oracle apps screens) we call these API's suited for that task.This way a task which was performed from front end can be carried out from backend by calling these API's.
There is an extensive set of API's provided for performing the various tasks.

I hope this clears ur doubt about API's

Thanks,
Furkan

[satchin]

hi furkanalam
reading from what u have posted, i could infer that there is not much of a difference between API and a interface, except for the fact that the APIs are provided by the Oracle appliactions, while the interfaces are user created....is that right??

thanx
satchin

[furkanalam]

Hi Satchin,

API's and interfaces are different......See basically interfaces are developed using API's.So you can say that in an interface code there are different API calls to perform some functions.Mostly interfaces are later created to perform some specific tasks more conveniently and in a customized manner.

Thanks,
Furkan

[ganeshabhadri]

hi anji

In Open Interface , you populate interface tables and run a Oracle program which validates
and uploads them into std. oracle tables.
Whereas in API's you pass a complete set of record. The APIs validates the record and
directly inserts into std tables.
This is relatively faster way to insert records in Oracle Apps.
Also, you will know of all the errors immediately.

if u want any more examples give ure mail id so that i can send some docs...

[kittu]

hi

Can You Tell Me How To Convert The Om Holds From One Oracle Apps 10.7 To 11i..the Thing Is I Want To Know The Interface Tables And The Base Tables Regarding These Holds..and Where Can I See The Actual Validated Data So That I Can Do Validation For Data Which Is In Staging Tables.

This Is My Component And I Can Prepare My Own Flat File Then Staging Tables Then Data Into Interface Tables Using Sql*loader, Then By Concurrent Program (which Will Do Validations ) I Will Hit Base Table...this Is What I Know In Conversion.

Please If Someone Help Me In This Regard I Will Be Very Confortable In Any Conversion. I Want The Way To Think In Conversions.
Thanks...
Kittu.

[oraclehari]

Hi badri..i pleased with your message.thanks a lot. as u said plz send me some docs related to APIs and if possible some coding samples also.

regards
hari(oraclehari@gmail.com).

[Saad]

Hi Ganesha,

Could I request for the API related docs pls send them to saad.khatib@gmail.com

Thanks

[juliusATS]

Hi Ganesha,

Could I request for the API related docs, pls send them to juliusbula@hotmail.com

Thanks

[ravigolani]

Hello,

Can you send me also the API related docs. Also more info on interfaces.
My mail Id is ravi.golani@tcs.com

Thanks and Regards,
Ravi Golani