Placeholder & Formula Column Functionally

Hi gurus,
Can any one of you please tell me, What is difference between Placeholder
column and Formula Column Functionally.
Any help is highly welcome.

Your question is a Report question, please post it in the [url http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=84]Reports Forum.And before you post your question, just do a little search there and you'll find 100s of answers to your question.
Tony

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