Highlighting Within Report Link

I am using APEX 2.2.x and have created a report in which one of the displayed
columns is set up as a hyperlink. I have also setup the "Highlighting" field for this linked report item.
On my page I've created a "search" field in which users type in a value, click "Enter", and APEX looks through the report result set, highlighting all values that match the entered search text.
Although other fields in the report that have matching serach text do get highlighted, the linked item does not even though it does have matching text.
Would someone know how to get the hyperlinked report item to be highlighted?
Thank you very much any help.
Elie

Hi Elie,
I think that you would need to create the link in SQL rather than via the column attributes. You should then be able set up highlighting in the same way as for the other fields.
Regards
Andy

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