# SiteSetting numbers not properly validated

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sitesetting-numbers-not-properly-validated/25026>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [09.Февраль.2015 17:58:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sitesetting-numbers-not-properly-validated/25026 "2015-02-09T17:58:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [09.Февраль.2015 23:28:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sitesetting-numbers-not-properly-validated/25026/2 "2015-02-09T23:28:56Z")

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We should probably add some kind of default integer validation for site settings.

Still, it’s hard to read this as anything other than “when you do something dumb, something dumb happens” 😉

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