Silk Performer provides Oracle 8 API functions along with Oracle 8 database traffic recording and replaying support.
Oracle 8 API functions provide a simple and powerful interface to Oracle databases version 7.x, 8.x and version 9.x. All features of Oracle 7.x and Oracle 8.x except Oracle object support are accessible through these Oracle 8 API functions, including:
array binding and fetching
piecewise binding and fetching
binding PL/SQL tables
calling PL/SQL blocks and stored procedures
cursor binding
support for all Oracle data types, including LOB (Large Object) data types
All Oracle API functions were implemented with the help of Oracle's OCI functions version 8. The optional parameters concept enables both simple usage of the API on the one hand and performing specific database operations using the same functions on the other hand. All functions listed below are available: