# Location data writing

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-data-writing/84905>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [October 14, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-data-writing/84905 "2025-10-14T20:00:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![emacwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@emacwillie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/emacwillie)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-data-writing/84905/1 "2025-10-14T20:00:08Z")

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**Description**  
I tried to change the precision of the location data that was being saved through a form on the app. Now no new data is being written into that column, even if I change the settings to what they were originally.

**How to replicate**  
Data from “use your location” component is being written to a column. I tried to edit the column to increase the precision display. When I saved that change all the existing collected data in that column was erased and now no new data location data is being save when someone submits information on the form.

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-data-writing/84905/2 "2025-10-15T00:03:13Z")

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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:** [October 15, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-data-writing/84905/3 "2025-10-15T01:21:26Z")

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What type of column are you saving the location to? Sounds like you may have changed it to a numeric column, but even though coordinates are numbers, they should be stored in a text column because they are two sets of numbers instead of one.

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**Author:** ![emacwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@emacwillie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/emacwillie)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-data-writing/84905/4 "2025-10-30T14:27:34Z")

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That fixed it! I don’t know why it worked at first when the column was set to numeric, but after I edited it it stopped working. Changing it to text fixed it - the data reappeared and the coordinates appeared on the map again.

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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:** [November 6, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-data-writing/84905/5 "2025-11-06T14:28:04Z")

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