When do we have to use copy constructors?

Let's consider below code snippet:

class base{
    int a, *p;
public:
    base(){
        p = new int;
    }
    void SetData(int, int);
    void ShowData();
    base(const base& old_ref){
        //No coding present.
    }
};
void base :: ShowData(){
    cout<<this->a<<" "<<*(this->p)<<endl;
}
void base :: SetData(int a, int b){
    this->a = a;
    *(this->p) = b;
}
int main(void)
{
    base b1;
    b1.SetData(2, 3);
    b1.ShowData();
    base b2 = b1; //!! Copy constructor called.
    b2.ShowData();
    return 0;
}

Output: 
2 3 //b1.ShowData();
1996774332 1205913761 //b2.ShowData();

b2.ShowData(); gives junk output because there is a user-defined copy-constructor created with no code written to copy data explicitly. So compiler does not create the same.

Just thought of sharing this knowledge with you all, although most of you know it already.

Cheers... Happy coding!!!