Constructor in object not invoked

Question

Hi,
I'm loading an object collection via the following SQL and am fnding that the constructor for each instance of the object table is not invoked:
declare
tb_Msg_Batch tb_Msg := tb_Msg();
begin
select cast(multiset (
select ddq.Entry_No
,10
,ddq.Entry_Data
from Datadist_Queue_01 ddq
where ddq.Entry_No = 1
) as tb_Msg
into tb_Msg_Batch
from dual;
end;
The following is the decleration used for the above objects:
create or replace type ty_Msg as object
(Entry_No number(10)
,Msg_Code number(5)
,Data_Msg blob
,constructor function ty_Msg return self as result)
create or replace type body ty_Msg as
constructor function ty_Msg (self in out nocopy ty_Msg) return self as result as
begin
self.Msg_Code := -999;
return;
end;
end;
create type tb_Msg as table of ty_Msg
I thought a default constructor is always called, but when I view the data the MSG_CODE attribute has a value of 10 instead of -999, which is what it is assigned in the function.
Could somebody please advise as to why the constructor function is not invoked for each instance of TY_MSG when populating a collection of that type?
Thanks
Peter

Answer 1

public Void save_as()
Void should be "void" not "Void"...