Oracle Reports - GROUPING_ID

Hello,
I'm creating a procedure in Oracle Reports.
The procedure has a query, which uses the in built function GROUPING_ID, with GROUP BY ROLLUP.
But the code does not compile.
Its says 'identifier 'GROUPING_ID' must be declared.
Where as the same query runs fine in TOAD.
Any ideas on this?
Thanks,
ARR

I don't believe Oracle Portal reports supports sql functions, how about creating a view of the query including your function and then basing the report on that?
Cheers,
Mick.

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