hie pal ,
Y will have to store the value which ur client has selected in the 
database along with  its corresponding
highlighted value 
eg:<option value="IND">India</option>
Now store 'IND' in one field
and 'India' in 2nd field.
Now while retriving a users profile select the option and its 
corresponding value the user has selected via a select Query.
store it in 2 variables var1 and var2(var1='IND' and var2='India').
Now at the top of option list do:
 <option value=var1>var2 selected</option>
so that client is able to see his selected option on the top followed by 
other offerd choices

[Moderator's note: I think it should be as follows...
 <option value="var1" selected>var2</option>
 ...rather than the other way round, as you specify.]



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On Tue, 19 December 2000, "Matthew Hafner" wrote:

> 
> im reading values out of a database and populating a form.  everything works
> fine, but, i cant get the values from the database to highlight its
> corresponding value in a drop down box.  is this possible? or does the user
> have to reselect this field everytime they view their user profiles?
> 
> Matthew Hafner
> Web Applications Engineer


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