see below Jason End wrote: > How could I make the default value of the list be > conditional on the categories id? So if the variable > categories id is "3", $listdefault[3]="selected"; echo "<select count=\"1\" name=\"categories\">\n"; // walk through list of categories somehow, // in this case, an array called $catlist for ($i=1; $i<=count($catlist);$i++) { echo " <option value=\"$i\" $listdefault[$i]>$catlist[$i]</option>\n"; } echo "</select>\n"; > the initial value shown in that > drop down menu will be the description of the category > with id 3. > Does this make sense? > > thanks, > > J > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > http://tax.yahoo.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php