Substitution strings in chart sql query

Hi Guys,
I am creating line charts and bar charts based on a query in HTML DB 1.5. I am using substitution strings in the query. Though I can use substitution strings in the line chart, I cannot do it in the bar chart. I am using almost the same sql query in both line and bar charts.
The sql query in line chart is
SELECT null, TO_CHAR(t1.extract_date, 'W-MON-YYYY') extractdate,
MIN_OF_AVERAGES(AVG(&P40_METRICS.),:P40_REGION_LIST,:P40_SUBREGION_LIST,NULL,:P40_METRICS,'ind') orgid
FROM ind t1,geography t2
WHERE t1.country_id = t2.country_id(+)
AND t2.region_name like
DECODE(:P40_REGION_LIST,'ALL REGIONS','%',:P40_REGION_LIST)
AND t2.subregion_name like
NVL(:P40_SUBREGION_LIST,'%')
GROUP BY TO_CHAR(extract_date, 'W-MON-YYYY')
order by to_date(extractdate,'DD-MON-YY')
The sql query in bar chart is
SELECT null, TO_CHAR(t1.extract_date, 'W-MON-YYYY') extractdate,AVG(&P40_METRICS.) orgid
FROM ind t1,geography t2
WHERE t1.country_id = t2.country_id(+)
AND t2.region_name like
DECODE(:P40_REGION_LIST,'ALL REGIONS','%',:P40_REGION_LIST)
AND t2.subregion_name like
NVL(:P40_SUBREGION_LIST,'%')
GROUP BY TO_CHAR(extract_date, 'W-MON-YYYY')
order by to_date(extractdate,'DD-MON-YY')
The min_of_averages function in the line chart query is some function I am calling. Even if I cut-paste the line chart query in the bar chart I get the error.
The substitution string which is giving the problem is "&P40_METRICS."
The error I am getting is
Query cannot be parsed, please check the syntax of your query. (ORA-00909: invalid number of arguments)
The only difference I see is that line chart query is inside a series and bar chart is not, does this make a difference??? Or is it because I am using the substitution string in choosing the column??? Please help!!!!
Thanks,
Swaroop

Swaroop,
You might be using an HTML bar chart and an SVG line chart, I can't tell, but their implementations differ. You won't be able to use a substitution string to replace a column name in the query in the situation you found, you'd have to figure out a way to construct the query string before it gets executed and I'm not sure the chart pages will let you do that.
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