Report headings are displayed when no data found

Hi folks,
Apex version:4.0.1
Recently upgraded from 3.x to 4.0.1. The tabular form headings are being displayed in 4.0.1 when no data to display. Where as in 3.x it wasn't the case. Any ideas on how to supress the headings or is that way 4.x is enhanced?
Thanks in advance
movva
Edited by: cmovva on Jan 27, 2011 12:31 PM

Hi Chandra,
Perhaps this is connected to: "Ghost row" in 4.0 Tabular forms has id pattern f0x_0000 A hidden row is generated to allow speedy Add Row functionality so, presumably, the headers must be there at all times to be able to append the new row underneath
Andy

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