Displaying CLOB data in Microsoft Report Builder reports

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I rand into an issue with clob types the other day in MS Report Builder, where when you try to run a report, you get an error about not MS Report Builder not being able to group large string object types.

To work around this error, you need to set the property DiscourageGrouping to "false" on the clob type in the model. When you redeploy, you'll be able to see the clob data in the report. A full explanation can be found here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/bobmeyers/archive/2006/12/20/getting-grouping-right-in-report-builder.aspx