Reading count of a query in formula columns

I need to supress a field/label from being displayed in the report output if the count of rows returned from another query is 0. I was thinking of defining a formula column that will have the count. Then can I use that formula column in the trigger of the field/label that I want to supress?
I am all set. Was able to do with Summary columns.
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Dates should be compared with dates values. Don't use to_char to compare date values.
And dont use "TYPE" as a column name - it is a reserved key word..
select count(type), type
from ebizp.bchistevent
where (
    type = 'com.avolent.apps.event.LoginEvent'
    or type     = 'com.avolent.apps.event.LogoutEvent'
AND createdt BETWEEN trunc(sysdate)+(8/24) AND trunc(sysdate)+(9/24)
and (
bucket = to_char(sysdate-1, 'YYYYMM')
or bucket    = to_char(sysdate, 'YYYYMM')
or bucket    = 0
GROUP BY type;And you can simplify the query
select count(type), type
from ebizp.bchistevent
where type in
    ('com.avolent.apps.event.LoginEvent','com.avolent.apps.event.LogoutEvent')
AND createdt BETWEEN trunc(sysdate)+(8/24) AND trunc(sysdate)+(9/24)
and bucket in
     (to_char(sysdate-1, 'YYYYMM'),to_char(sysdate, 'YYYYMM'),'0')
GROUP BY type;Edited by: jeneesh on Feb 19, 2013 2:42 PM

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