Error On Creating Type

Question

SQL> create or replace type WS_REQUEST as object
  2  (
  3    xml xmltype,
  4    http_request utl_http.req
  5   )
  6  /
Warning: Type created with compilation errors
SQL> show err;
Errors for TYPE SYS.WS_REQUEST:
LINE/COL ERROR
4/16     PLS-00201: identifier 'UTL_HTTP.REQ' must be declared
0/0      PL/SQL: Compilation unit analysis terminated
SQLI logged in sys schema as sysdba. What is the problem?

Answer 1

I think you cannot create types if the attributes' datatypes are based on package records, constants, etc
See:
mmara@pyn> create or replace package val
is
type dummy is record (
pid number,
pname varchar2(15));
end val;
Package created.
mmara@pyn> create or replace type WS_REQUEST as object
xml xmltype,
http_request val.dummy
Warning: Type created with compilation errors.
mmara@pyn> show errors type ws_request;
Errors for TYPE WS_REQUEST:
LINE/COL ERROR
0/0 PL/SQL: Compilation unit analysis terminated
4/18 PLS-00201: identifier 'VAL.DUMMY' must be declared
mmara@pyn>
In that case, why don't you create the same type as seen in utl_http as an object in the schema?:
TYPE req IS RECORD (
url VARCHAR2(32767 byte), -- Requested URL
method VARCHAR2(64), -- Requested method
http_version VARCHAR2(64), -- Requested HTTP version
private_hndl PLS_INTEGER -- For internal use only
);