# Site Setting Integer Validation Issue
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-integer-validation-issue/154993
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-integer-validation-issue/154993 "2020-06-16T13:13:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@jahan\_gagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jahan_gagan)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-integer-validation-issue/154993/1 "2020-06-16T13:13:32Z")
I am facing integer validation problem in many of the site settings like if we pass a string to that integer field its conversion is turning it to zero and I thought, it should take the minimum value or default value. Along with that, it appears that the string value in that field is set and then on refreshing a page it sets to 0.
Eg: `suggested topics:` writing into the text field as _hello_ , appears to be set and on refreshing a page it sets to 0.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-integer-validation-issue/154993/2 "2020-06-16T14:20:38Z")
> [@jahan\_gagan](#):
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> writing into the text field as _hello_ , appears to be set and on refreshing a page it sets to 0.
The suggested solution for issues like this is usually “don’t do that.” And if you do, don’t click the submit button for a value that you don’t want.
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### Author:  [@Andrew77](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew77)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-setting-integer-validation-issue/154993/3 "2020-06-23T04:13:14Z")
yup, you are right @JayPfaffman