Database fields importing as wrong data type

I am using Crystal Reports 2008, connecting to an Oracle 9i database.
Some of our database tables have a field with data type of SDO_GEOMETRY. I know this is an unsupported data type in CR, so the field list in the field explorer skips over it when I import tables using the Database Expert. However, it doesn't skip over the data type, giving each field below the SDO_GEOMETRY field the wrong type. To illustrate:
Field Name     Type (Size)
GEOLOC          SDO_GEOMETRY (1)
ID          NUMBER (22)
NAME          STRING (25)
DESC          STRING (200)
CR 2008 will skip GEOLOC, assign ID as String (2000)how it interpreted SDO_GEOM in ver. XIName as Number, and Desc as String (25). I also noticed this behavior in CR XIR2. Has anyone else run into this? The workaround I've found is to write a SQL command; but is there a setting or hotfix out that fixes the bug?

Hello,
I would recomend using a stored procedure to connect to the data and assign a Crystal-valid data type to each field so that there won't be a chance for this sort of issue to happen when pulling in data.
-Sean

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