PLS-00509: Implementation Restriction : Pass a returned record to a temporary identifier before selecting a field

Cause: Illegal syntax was used to call a parameter-less function that returns a record or a PL/SQL table of records. When calling a function that takes parameters and returns a record, you use the following syntax to reference fields in the record: 

function_name(parameters).field_name 

However, you cannot use the syntax above to call a parameter-less function because PL/SQL does not allow empty parameter lists. That is, the following syntax is illegal: 

function_name().field_name -- illegal; empty parameter list 

The empty parameter list cannot be dropped because the following syntax is also illegal: 

function_name.field_name -- illegal; no parameter list

Action: Declare a local record or PL/SQL table of records to which you can assign the function result, then reference its fields directly.

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