String Field rendering as Number Field in CR Basic for VS2008

I recently migrated from CR for VS2005 to CR Basic for VS2008 and am creating my first report using CR 2008. The SQL result set returns rows containing strings (nvarchar), integers and decimal (7,2) fields.
The report is getting all rows in the result set, but the string fields as defined in the SQL are 1) rendering in the report as numbers, and 2) showing as empty. The non-string fields render fine. I tried reformatting the report field to string, but only the Number tab appears in the formatting dialog. I also tried converting the SQL field result into an unbound string field, as well as tried the ToText function, but the results were the same. I suspect the field appears empty because of the formatting issue.
How can I get CR Basic for VS2008 to render a string (nvarchar) field as a string?

Try placing the field inside a formula field or inside a text field. That should cause the field to be shown no matter what type of data it is. If the data is still not showing, then perhaps it is not being returned properly.
Things to check:
-Are you connecting directly to the tables - or are you connecting to a stored procedure? If you are connecting to a stored procedure and you are using Temp Tables, then make sure you add the line "SETNOCOUNT ON" to your stored proc.
-Run SQL profiler - see what query is being made, then try running that exact same query through the SQL admin console (Or some other utility that lets you run SQL queries)
Thanks
Shawn

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