COLUMN command

In the query listed below, the line
column avail_reimb format 999,999,999.99 heading 'UNENCUMB|CARRY OVER|REIMB'
produces the headings
UNEMCUMB
REIMB
CARRY OVER
instead of
UNEMCUMB
CARRY OVER
REIMB
Any ideas why the second two heading items are switched? This problem
happens on both version 9.0.1 on NT and version 9.2 on Solaris.
set feedback off
set verify off
set pagesize 1000
set linesize 132
set headsep on
column extract_date new_value the_date noprint
select extract_date from basic02;
column avail_reimb format 999,999,999.99 heading 'UNENCUMB|CARRY OVER|REIMB'
column cy_reimb format 999,999,999.99 heading 'FUNDING|CHANGES'
select sum(a.fund_avail) avail_reimb,
sum(b.cfy_fund_auth) cy_reimb
from con_fund01 a, con_fund02 b
where substr(b.con_cog,1,1) like upper ('g')
and b.con = a.con (+)
and b.mfg_type_cd in ('0','9')
and b.purge_flag = 'N'

I've logged bug 2496738 against the SQL*Plus documentation.
I couldn't see any note that the COLUMN NEWLINE/FOLD_BEFORE/
FOLD_AFTER options are not supported in SET MARKUP HTML ON
mode. However this was a design feature/ restriction with
the workaround to specify SET MARKUP HTML PREFORMAT ON at
the top of the script. Is this w/a useful for you?
The documentation for the COLUMN options should be similar
to that of BREAK SKIP. See "SKIP n" at
http://otn.oracle.com/docs/products/oracle9i/doc_library/release2/server.920/a90842/ch13.htm#1007432
There was a bug fix in SQL*Plus 9.2 to prevent a possible
crash and to show a potentially undisplayed column for some
SELECT statements using COLUMN NEWLINE/FOLD_BEFORE/
FOLD_AFTER. This fix corrected (i.e. changed) the default
column width and column wrapping for some selects. The old
behavior (including potential crash) is available if SET
SQLPLUSCOMPATIBILITY is less than 9.2. If you have Oracle
Metalink access, see bugs 716638 and 2195379.
-- CJ

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