Sort By Month Name in Crosstab report

Hi,
I have one cross tab report in which in Datapoint I have one column which shows Month Details. When I run the reports the heading of Column comes as Month Name (ie Aug, April, Dec,.....) . Can you please help me to understand how can it be done it displayed in sorted month according to Month Name (ie. Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr.......). As per one of the Thread I tried to use to_date(Column_name) but it does not work as Column name is char column and cannot be converted to date.

Hi ,
What if you use the following ...in bold?????
SQL> select ename,hiredate from emp;
ENAME      HIREDATE
SMITH      18/12/1980
ALLEN      20/02/1981
WARD       22/02/1981
JONES      02/04/1981
MARTIN     28/09/1981
BLAKE      01/05/1981
CLARK      09/06/1981
SCOTT      18/04/1987
KING       17/11/1981
TURNER     08/09/1981
ADAMS      21/05/1987
JAMES      03/12/1981
FORD       03/12/1981
MILLER     23/01/1982
14 rows selected
SQL> select hiredate , to_number(to_char(hiredate,'MM')) from emp order by 2;
HIREDATE    TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(HIREDATE,'MM
23/01/1982                               1
20/02/1981                               2
22/02/1981                               2
02/04/1981                               4
18/04/1987                               4
21/05/1987                               5
01/05/1981                               5
09/06/1981                               6
08/09/1981                               9
28/09/1981                               9
17/11/1981                              11
18/12/1980                              12
03/12/1981                              12
03/12/1981                              12
14 rows selectedOR ....
EVEN BETTER AS YOU NEED THE MONTH NAME....
SQL> ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE='AMERICAN';
Session altered
SQL> select hiredate , to_char(hiredate,'MON') , to_number(to_char(hiredate,'MM')) from emp order by 3;
HIREDATE    TO_CHAR(HIREDATE,'MON') TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(HIREDATE,'MM
23/01/1982 JAN                                                  1
20/02/1981 FEB                                                  2
22/02/1981 FEB                                                  2
02/04/1981 APR                                                  4
18/04/1987 APR                                                  4
21/05/1987 MAY                                                  5
01/05/1981 MAY                                                  5
09/06/1981 JUN                                                  6
08/09/1981 SEP                                                  9
28/09/1981 SEP                                                  9
17/11/1981 NOV                                                 11
18/12/1980 DEC                                                 12
03/12/1981 DEC                                                 12
03/12/1981 DEC                                                 12
14 rows selectedRegards,
Simon
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