How to re-initialize a record in PLSQL

Question

Hi All,
I am trying to re-initialize a RECORD type data strcuture every time a methodid called.
But I am not sure how to do this. The following program shows what I intend to do, but the package body does not compile. Any suggestions are appreciated. I dont want to create objects to get around this issue.
Thanks for any help
Vissu
create or replace package testpkg is
type Definition is record
something varchar2(30)
function startit return number;
lexicon Definition;
end;
create or replace package body testpkg is
function startit return number
is
lexicon := Definition();
lexicon.something := 'xyz';
return 1;
end;
end;
/

Answer 1

You r missing BEGIN key word.And initialistion syntax is wrong
create or replace package body testpkg is
function startit return number
is
begin
lexicon := null;
lexicon.something := 'xyz';
return 1;
end;
end;
jeneesh