Initialising a pl/sql record type

Question

In PL/SQL, a varray can be initialised at creation time as:

TYPE colour_tab IS VARRAY(3) OF VARCHAR2(20);
    french_colours colour_tab := colour_tab('RED','WHITE','BLUE');

Is there an equivalent method of initialisation for PL/SQL record types?

type location_record_type is record (
      street_address       varchar2(40),
     postal_code          varchar2(12),
      city                 varchar2(30),
     state_province       varchar2(25),
     country_id           char(2) not null := 'US'
    );

Answer 1

Use a function to act as a kind of "constructor" function (look at function f()):

DECLARE
  TYPE ty_emp IS RECORD(
    id INTEGER,
    name VARCHAR(30),
    deptcode VARCHAR(10)
    );
  TYPE ty_tbl_emp IS TABLE OF ty_emp;
  tbl_emp ty_tbl_emp;
  FUNCTION f (             -- <==============
    id INTEGER,
    name VARCHAR,
    deptcode VARCHAR) RETURN ty_emp IS
  e ty_emp;
  BEGIN
    e.id := id;
    e.name := name;
    e.deptcode := deptcode;
    RETURN e;
  END f;
BEGIN

  tbl_emp := ty_tbl_emp(
    f(1, 'Johnson', 'SALES'), 
    f(2, 'Peterson', 'ADMIN'));
  Dbms_Output.put_line(tbl_emp(2).name);
END;  

Answer 2

No, there is not. You have to assign each value explicitly. Documentation reference here.