SQL & PL/SQL

Hi all,

Really scratching my head with this one and I'm sure there's a very simple solution.

Reading values into a record which is based upon a system view called v$logmnr_contents

input_rec v$logmnr_contents%ROWTYPE;

I want an output_rec which is based upon this definition but has and extra column called IDX as the first column,
this would be of type NUMBER.

First question, is there a way to use the definition v$logmnr_contents but add this extra column?
Along the lines of...

Declare
v_idx number;
output_rec v_idx, v$logmnr_contents%ROWTYPE;


Also how would I copy input_rec to output_rec without specifying the individual fields in the record?

Hope somone has a solution.

Regards
Dave

PS - This is Oracle 9i if that makes any difference.