Standard JDEBASE API Categories

You can use control and request level APIs to develop and test business functions. This table lists the categories of JDEBASE APIs:

Category	Description
Control Level	Provides functions for initializing and terminating the database connection.
Request Level	Provides functions for performing database transactions. The request level functions perform these tasks: Connect to and disconnect from tables and business views in the database. Perform data manipulation operations of select, insert, update, and delete. Retrieve data with fetch commands.
Column Level	Performs and modifies information for columns and tables.
Global Table/Column Specifications	Provides the capability to create and manipulate column specifications.