API for Delete address

Question

Hello Group,
Just want to check any one know if there is an API for deleting the address. I have check the hr_person_address_api there is no procedure known as delete_address
I am using Oracle 11.5.10.2
I have opened the hr_delete_person_api and found that oracle is doing
begin
delete    from per_addresses a
where    a.person_id    = P_PERSON_ID;
exception
when NO_DATA_FOUND then
hr_utility.set_location('HR_PERSON_DELETE.DELETE_A_PERSON', 2501);
end;
Looking forward for a suggestion before using delete on the database
Thanks,
Nitin Singh

Answer 1

Hi Hussein,
I have seen that paper before logging the case. I was not able to understand what oracle has asked to do in 4 th step (what should be there in wrapper what api) nothing is mentioned.
Please can you guide me if possible.
The first question to ask is why you want to delete addresses.  It is your data and your decision what to keep and what to delete.  However, there are no publicly callable APIs that provide a batch delete function for addresses.  There is a non-public API found in the address form, but before using this there are several things to think about.
*1. Deleting addresses deletes history from your instance. Is this really what you want to do?*
*2. Try it in a test instance first.*
*3. Back up the table before you delete anything. As an example, use this command to create a backup table:*
create table PER_ADDRESSES_05122005
AS   select from per_addresses;*
*4. A wrapper must be written for the API to select the records to be affected. What records do you want to delete? For example, if you want to delete all addresses that are not primary, then you could be deleting some valid secondary addresses. Or, if you want to delete addresses that do not have an end date of 31-DEC-4712, you could be deleting addresses from terminated employees (address date end dates on date of termination). The conditions on what records to delete must be carefully considered.*
Thanks,
Nitin Singh