How to handle Barcodes (leading 0)

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Coming from Airtable, ran into an issue in the first few minutes.

I have numbers with leading 0 (zero), our SKUs are starting with 0001
Product barcodes often start with 0 too.

In Airtable there is a field type Barcode that preserves the leading 0.

When I use the number type of field the 0 is deleted.

How do I handle this in Baserow?

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Hey @Weasel, we have this issue in the pipeline: Barcode field (#472) · Issues · Baserow / baserow · GitLab :slightly_smiling_face:

Would it work for you if you changed the Number field to a Text field? This way, SKUs/barcodes will remain exactly as typed.

I also recommend checking this thread: Spare parts stock database with app - is it doable?.