Malformed or incomplete collection error

Question

I am trying to work with a custom record type and collections.
create or replace procedure coll_test
as
type param_rec is record (
param_cd varchar2(10),
unit_cd varchar2(10),
min_value number,
max_value number);
type param_array is table of param_rec index by binary_integer;
basic_params param_array;
begin
  -- load the array
  basic_params(1) := ('00040','43',null,25);
  basic_params(2) := ('00400','12',6,9);
  basic_params(3) := ('01264','28',null,115);
  basic_params(4) := ('00550','19',null,15);
  basic_params(5) := ('01256','28',null,20);
-- loop through the array
for i in 1..basic_params.count
loop
   dbms_output.put_line(basic_params(i).param_cd||' '||basic_params(i).max_value);
end loop;
end;
/When I try to compile this, I get the following error message:
11/3
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
11/22
PLS-00320: the declaration of the type of this expression is incomplete or malformed
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PL/SQL: Statement ignored
12/22
PLS-00320: the declaration of the type of this expression is incomplete or malformed
13/3
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
13/22
PLS-00320: the declaration of the type of this expression is incomplete or malformed
14/3
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
14/22
PLS-00320: the declaration of the type of this expression is incomplete or malformed
15/3
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
15/22
PLS-00320: the declaration of the type of this expression is incomplete or malformedSo it appears that I am trying to populate the array incorrectly. Can someone point out what I am doing wrong?
Tony

Answer 1

You have to assign all the fields individually -
there are no constructors for record types.Oh yeah, my mistake. Sorry OP.
Got confused cos I'd just answered another similar post where the assignment was being done in the declaration section where you can specify the record type like I showed.
hehe