# Data Grid Does Not Null Numbers

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/data-grid-does-not-null-numbers/85789>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [December 24, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/data-grid-does-not-null-numbers/85789 "2025-12-24T14:13:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mstam2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mstam2/32/67186_2.png) [@mstam2](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mstam2)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/data-grid-does-not-null-numbers/85789/1 "2025-12-24T14:13:41Z")

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**Team ID:** [https://go.glideapps.com/o/2RW8azIPl2eRpRjIOAWV](https://go.glideapps.com/o/2RW8azIPl2eRpRjIOAWV)

**App ID:** [https://go.glideapps.com/app/SAQAgCirLfiMdKmi8Zl6/layout](https://go.glideapps.com/app/SAQAgCirLfiMdKmi8Zl6/layout)

**Description**

- When deleting a number value in a Data Grid, it makes the number 0 instead of null. This is an issue as in many cases, the number 0 represents an accurate user input (in our case, the temperature of a freezer)
- However, when you delete the value in the Glide Table, it indeed nulls the value and does not make it 0
- This causes us issues as we base logic to assure the user inputted a value in the data grid. If it is null, the app knows that the user needs to put in a value. If it is 0, the app will register that as the value that the user entered

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/data-grid-does-not-null-numbers/85789/2 "2025-12-24T16:00:14Z")

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What if you make it a text column instead of numeric?

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**Author:** ![mstam2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mstam2/32/67186_2.png) [@mstam2](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mstam2)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/data-grid-does-not-null-numbers/85789/3 "2025-12-24T17:54:09Z")

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Unfortunately I am using the value in a Math calculation once it’s entered. It would have to be a numeric column to be able to be taken as a number value in a Math column, right?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/data-grid-does-not-null-numbers/85789/4 "2025-12-24T20:39:07Z")

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Not necessarily.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/data-grid-does-not-null-numbers/85789/5 "2026-06-22T20:39:43Z")

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