--- ezpublish-3.6.2/kernel/classes/ezpersistentobject.php	2005-09-19 09:26:58.000000000 +0100
+++ ez3/kernel/classes/ezpersistentobject.php	2005-09-27 01:26:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -987,7 +987,11 @@
         {
             $fieldDef =& $fields[ $field ];
             $numericDataTypes = array( 'integer', 'float', 'double' );		
-            if ( strlen( $value ) == 0 &&
+            if ( $value === false &&
+                 $fieldDef['datatype'] == 'integer' )
+            {
+                $value = 0;
+            } else if ( strlen( $value ) == 0 &&
                  is_array( $fieldDef ) &&
                  in_array( $fieldDef['datatype'], $numericDataTypes  ) &&
                  array_key_exists( 'default', $fieldDef ) &&