1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller/ColumnDefinition.cs b/src/WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller/ColumnDefinition.cs
index 7e5a07c5..056be1e9 100644
--- a/src/WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller/ColumnDefinition.cs
+++ b/src/WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller/ColumnDefinition.cs
@@ -975,7 +975,8 @@ namespace WixToolset.Data
                 {
                     if (!(value is string))
                     {
-                        throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "Cannot set string column '{0}' with a value of type '{1}'.", this.name, value.GetType().ToString()));
+                        //throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "Cannot set string column '{0}' with a value of type '{1}'.", this.name, value.GetType().ToString()));
+                        return value.ToString();
                     }
                 }
             }