diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 8cb49d5825..6c0089bb6b 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -1,42 +1,32 @@
 {
-    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
-    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
-    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "Budibase Server",
-            "type": "node",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "runtimeArgs": [
-                "--nolazy",
-                "-r",
-                "ts-node/register/transpile-only"
-            ],
-            "args": [
-                "${workspaceFolder}/packages/server/src/index.ts"
-            ],
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/packages/server"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Budibase Worker",
-            "type": "node",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "runtimeArgs": [
-                "--nolazy",
-                "-r",
-                "ts-node/register/transpile-only"
-            ],
-            "args": [
-                "${workspaceFolder}/packages/worker/src/index.ts"
-            ],
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/packages/worker"
-        },
-    ],
-    "compounds": [
-        {
-          "name": "Start Budibase",
-          "configurations": ["Budibase Server", "Budibase Worker"]
-        }
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+  // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+  // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "Budibase Server",
+      "type": "node",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "runtimeVersion": "14.20.1",
+      "runtimeArgs": ["--nolazy", "-r", "ts-node/register/transpile-only"],
+      "args": ["${workspaceFolder}/packages/server/src/index.ts"],
+      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/packages/server"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Budibase Worker",
+      "type": "node",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "runtimeVersion": "14.20.1",
+      "runtimeArgs": ["--nolazy", "-r", "ts-node/register/transpile-only"],
+      "args": ["${workspaceFolder}/packages/worker/src/index.ts"],
+      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/packages/worker"
+    }
+  ],
+  "compounds": [
+    {
+      "name": "Start Budibase",
+      "configurations": ["Budibase Server", "Budibase Worker"]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 7dc6b51562..721efe58a4 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.9.24-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2.9.24-alpha.2",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "packages": [
     "packages/*"
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
index 4b1ab0d68a..e9f6e5629f 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   import { generate } from "shortid"
   import { LuceneUtils, Constants } from "@budibase/frontend-core"
   import { getFields } from "helpers/searchFields"
-  import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte"
+  import { createEventDispatcher, onMount } from "svelte"
 
   export let schemaFields
   export let filters = []
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@
       })
   }
 
+  onMount(() => {
+    parseFilters(filters)
+    rawFilters.forEach(filter => {
+      filter.type =
+        schemaFields.find(field => field.name === filter.field)?.type ||
+        filter.type
+    })
+  })
+
   // Add field key prefixes and a special metadata filter object to indicate
   // whether to use the "match all" or "match any" behaviour
   const enrichFilters = (rawFilters, matchAny) => {
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 7d0d8f5feb..0baec08436 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     "memorystream": "0.3.1",
     "mongodb": "5.7",
     "mssql": "9.1.1",
-    "mysql2": "2.3.3",
+    "mysql2": "3.5.2",
     "node-fetch": "2.6.7",
     "object-sizeof": "2.6.1",
     "open": "8.4.0",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/query/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/query/index.ts
index ee8e1bb022..b9a69f3988 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/query/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/query/index.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export async function preview(ctx: any) {
   const query = ctx.request.body
   // preview may not have a queryId as it hasn't been saved, but if it does
   // this stops dynamic variables from calling the same query
-  const { fields, parameters, queryVerb, transformer, queryId } = query
+  const { fields, parameters, queryVerb, transformer, queryId, schema } = query
 
   const authConfigCtx: any = getAuthConfig(ctx)
 
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ export async function preview(ctx: any) {
       parameters,
       transformer,
       queryId,
+      schema,
       // have to pass down to the thread runner - can't put into context now
       environmentVariables: envVars,
       ctx: {
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ async function execute(
         user: ctx.user,
         auth: { ...authConfigCtx },
       },
+      schema: query.schema,
     }
     const runFn = () => Runner.run(inputs)
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/tests/filter.spec.js b/packages/server/src/automations/tests/filter.spec.ts
similarity index 76%
rename from packages/server/src/automations/tests/filter.spec.js
rename to packages/server/src/automations/tests/filter.spec.ts
index 5fa5e0e202..c2c5d13e2d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/tests/filter.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/tests/filter.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
-const setup = require("./utilities")
-const { FilterConditions } = require("../steps/filter")
+import * as setup from "./utilities"
+import { FilterConditions } from "../steps/filter"
 
 describe("test the filter logic", () => {
-  async function checkFilter(field, condition, value, pass = true) {
-    let res = await setup.runStep(setup.actions.FILTER.stepId,
-      { field, condition, value }
-    )
+  async function checkFilter(
+    field: any,
+    condition: string,
+    value: any,
+    pass = true
+  ) {
+    let res = await setup.runStep(setup.actions.FILTER.stepId, {
+      field,
+      condition,
+      value,
+    })
     expect(res.result).toEqual(pass)
     expect(res.success).toEqual(true)
   }
@@ -36,9 +43,9 @@ describe("test the filter logic", () => {
 
   it("check date coercion", async () => {
     await checkFilter(
-      (new Date()).toISOString(),
+      new Date().toISOString(),
       FilterConditions.GREATER_THAN,
-      (new Date(-10000)).toISOString(),
+      new Date(-10000).toISOString(),
       true
     )
   })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts
index a01f6b71f9..b88162c59a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,21 @@ const SCHEMA: Integration = {
   },
 }
 
+const defaultTypeCasting = function (field: any, next: any) {
+  if (
+    field.type == "DATETIME" ||
+    field.type === "DATE" ||
+    field.type === "TIMESTAMP" ||
+    field.type === "LONGLONG"
+  ) {
+    return field.string()
+  }
+  if (field.type === "BIT" && field.length === 1) {
+    return field.buffer()?.[0]
+  }
+  return next()
+}
+
 export function bindingTypeCoerce(bindings: any[]) {
   for (let i = 0; i < bindings.length; i++) {
     const binding = bindings[i]
@@ -147,21 +162,8 @@ class MySQLIntegration extends Sql implements DatasourcePlus {
     delete config.rejectUnauthorized
     this.config = {
       ...config,
+      typeCast: defaultTypeCasting,
       multipleStatements: true,
-      typeCast: function (field: any, next: any) {
-        if (
-          field.type == "DATETIME" ||
-          field.type === "DATE" ||
-          field.type === "TIMESTAMP" ||
-          field.type === "LONGLONG"
-        ) {
-          return field.string()
-        }
-        if (field.type === "BIT" && field.length === 1) {
-          return field.buffer()?.[0]
-        }
-        return next()
-      },
     }
   }
 
@@ -194,6 +196,37 @@ class MySQLIntegration extends Sql implements DatasourcePlus {
     return `concat(${parts.join(", ")})`
   }
 
+  defineTypeCastingFromSchema(schema: {
+    [key: string]: { name: string; type: string }
+  }): void {
+    if (!schema) {
+      return
+    }
+    this.config.typeCast = function (field: any, next: any) {
+      if (schema[field.name]?.name === field.name) {
+        if (["LONGLONG", "NEWDECIMAL", "DECIMAL"].includes(field.type)) {
+          if (schema[field.name]?.type === "number") {
+            const value = field.string()
+            return value ? Number(value) : null
+          } else {
+            return field.string()
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      if (
+        field.type == "DATETIME" ||
+        field.type === "DATE" ||
+        field.type === "TIMESTAMP"
+      ) {
+        return field.string()
+      }
+      if (field.type === "BIT" && field.length === 1) {
+        return field.buffer()?.[0]
+      }
+      return next()
+    }
+  }
+
   async connect() {
     this.client = await mysql.createConnection(this.config)
   }
@@ -204,7 +237,10 @@ class MySQLIntegration extends Sql implements DatasourcePlus {
 
   async internalQuery(
     query: SqlQuery,
-    opts: { connect?: boolean; disableCoercion?: boolean } = {
+    opts: {
+      connect?: boolean
+      disableCoercion?: boolean
+    } = {
       connect: true,
       disableCoercion: false,
     }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/threads/definitions.ts b/packages/server/src/threads/definitions.ts
index 21e7ce0b69..dd0891d34a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/threads/definitions.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/threads/definitions.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ export interface QueryEvent {
   queryId: string
   environmentVariables?: Record<string, string>
   ctx?: any
+  schema?: {
+    [key: string]: {
+      name: string
+      type: string
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export interface QueryVariable {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/threads/query.ts b/packages/server/src/threads/query.ts
index 135c533122..3d68895753 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/threads/query.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/threads/query.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { context, cache, auth } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { getGlobalIDFromUserMetadataID } from "../db/utils"
 import sdk from "../sdk"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
+import { SourceName } from "@budibase/types"
 
 import { isSQL } from "../integrations/utils"
 import { interpolateSQL } from "../integrations/queries/sql"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ class QueryRunner {
   hasRerun: boolean
   hasRefreshedOAuth: boolean
   hasDynamicVariables: boolean
+  schema: any
 
   constructor(input: QueryEvent, flags = { noRecursiveQuery: false }) {
     this.datasource = input.datasource
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ class QueryRunner {
     this.pagination = input.pagination
     this.transformer = input.transformer
     this.queryId = input.queryId
+    this.schema = input.schema
     this.noRecursiveQuery = flags.noRecursiveQuery
     this.cachedVariables = []
     // Additional context items for enrichment
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ class QueryRunner {
   }
 
   async execute(): Promise<any> {
-    let { datasource, fields, queryVerb, transformer } = this
+    let { datasource, fields, queryVerb, transformer, schema } = this
     let datasourceClone = cloneDeep(datasource)
     let fieldsClone = cloneDeep(fields)
 
@@ -70,6 +73,9 @@ class QueryRunner {
 
     const integration = new Integration(datasourceClone.config)
 
+    // define the type casting from the schema
+    integration.defineTypeCastingFromSchema?.(schema)
+
     // pre-query, make sure datasource variables are added to parameters
     const parameters = await this.addDatasourceVariables()
 
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/datasources.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/datasources.ts
index 2391f6e878..d6a0d4a7c8 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/datasources.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/datasources.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ export interface IntegrationBase {
   delete?(query: any): Promise<any[] | any>
   testConnection?(): Promise<ConnectionInfo>
   getExternalSchema?(): Promise<string>
+  defineTypeCastingFromSchema?(schema: {
+    [key: string]: {
+      name: string
+      type: string
+    }
+  }): void
 }
 
 export interface DatasourcePlus extends IntegrationBase {