Text variable over more than one line

Hi,
I want to use text variables in table cells. But if the content of the variable is to long to fit in one line, then InDesign hides the complete content of the variable. I thing, this is a "no-go" for text variables. What, if it currently fits and then I increase the character size so that it will not fit? Ughhhhh!
Is there a work-a-round for this problem?
What do you think about it?
Should this behaviour changed in future releases of InDesign?
With Greetings from Germany
Ralf
(sorry about my not really good english)

What I've done in the past is
Find out how many characters per line.
Setup character style called VarLine 1, VarLine 2, VarLine 3 etc.
Set up a paragraph style for your text.
Go to the nested style.
VarLine 1 up to # characters
VarLine 2 up to # characters
VarLine 3 up to # characters
etc.
Set up your Variables for
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Then set each one to pick up the appropriate VarLine character style.
This works to a certain extent, it will need tweaking, as each application is different. I'm not sure if it will work in your case, but you never know.

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