diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Persistent/Tree.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Persistent/Tree.pm
index 384d3c6b4..2aa1291f4 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Persistent/Tree.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Persistent/Tree.pm
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ sub motherSelfAndSisters {
                $class->keyColumn()." != $keyColumnId",
           ]
      );
-     if ($class->useDummyRoot() && $parentId == 0) {
+     if ($class->useDummyRoot() && $parentId eq '0') {
           push @objs, $class->dummyRoot();
      }
      return ($self,@objs);
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/IndexedSearch.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/IndexedSearch.pm
index a5028f7e2..3dd35c6d3 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/IndexedSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/IndexedSearch.pm
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ sub www_edit {
 	# Page roots
 	%searchRoot = (	'any'=>WebGUI::International::get(15,$self->get("namespace")), 
 				$session{page}{pageId}=>WebGUI::International::get(4,$self->get("namespace")),
-				WebGUI::SQL->buildHash("select pageId,title from page where parentId=0 and isSystem<>1 order by title")
+				WebGUI::SQL->buildHash("select pageId,title from page where parentId='0' and isSystem<>'1' order by title")
 			);
 	$properties->checkList (	-name=>'searchRoot',
 						-options=>\%searchRoot,