Escaping quotes in select string

I am using Apex 4
I have the following as part of a select string used to generate a report
CASE "VDE_AUDITS"."KQ" WHEN 2 THEN
'Yes'
ELSE 'No'
END AS CQ
When i run the report I get Yes displayed in the column
I have used both Display as Text( escape special characters, does not save state)
and Display as text (Saves state0 with no effect.
Any advice appreciated
Ed.

@sddc my apologies. the forum is 'cleaning out' some of the code in the snippet
there should be a span with a style giving a background colour of #F00 wrapped around the 'Yes' .. .if that makes sense. The forum wont display it
thx Ed.
Edited by: user3608949 on 05-Oct-2010 01:39
Edited by: user3608949 on 05-Oct-2010 01:39

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