CS4 Data Merge into single story

Hi,
I layout catalogs that are very unstructured in their layout. I use data merge to quickly format hundreds of records which I then cut and paste (as text) into these facing page layouts. The layout is so inconsistent that creating a strict template for it doesn't work.
Is there a way to merge all of the data of a file that has 200-300 records with 10 or so fields for each record into one single story that automatically generates new pages as needed rather than one story per record?
Thanks
Chung

Data Merge creates a sepatate story for each record, but you can run a script aftwards to stitch the stories together. One possibility is http://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/indesign-downloads/textstitch/

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Hi Ashok,
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[ Multiple data sources into single infoprovider|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/e3/e60138fede083de10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm]
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