Retain starting zero in phone numbers ADF

Hi All,
I have a phone number field in adf form. Each phone number is defined as a number datatype in the entity objects. When user enters phone number value like 03423535325 it is automatically trimmed to 3423535325. Pelase suggest how do I retain the starting zero.
Thanks

Phone numbers are not, repeat not numbers.
They are strings. Precisely for the reason that you state. A leading zero is meaningless on a number, but very meaningful on a string. You don't do arithmetic or math on phone numbers - they are not numbers.
So, my solution: use the correct data type.
Surprisingly Googling for "Phone numbers are not numbers" (with the quotes) returns some hits (not that I knew this before).
John

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