"Break on column_name " in a report

I have a report that I need to break on a column name and have 5 lines between the break columns value changes, so break on <column_name> skip 5 works fine.
However I want to introduce or insert the column headings whenever the break column value changes. I get this headings only when I skip page.
So please help
Regards,
Prasanna

Just because the column names were in quotations when the database was created doesn't mean that the quotes are actually part of the names. What's inside the quotes is what makes the column name in the database. If I created a column as "abcd" and put it in quotes just like that ("abcd"), it would go in the database as abcd since SQL would strip off the quotes.
And there's your answer. Just put all column names in quotes whenever you need to talk to SQL. It will strip off the quotes and understand.
I think SQL will also accept square brackets ([ and ]).

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Roadling wrote:
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