All,

I'm trying to populate a (categories) select form with element in edit mode. I'm
trying to loop through the entire list of categories while highlighting 
(selected) the
categories associated within this recordset.  I'm having a hard time getting 
multiple selections to siaply properly in edit mode. Each category_id is comma
delimted.

SAMPLE:

<!-- FORM.pre_existing is coming from unique item submitted into edit mode -->
<cfquery name="Edit_Get_Selected_PressRel" datasource="#datasource#" 
cachedWithin = "#CreateTimeSpan(0, 0, 5, 0)#">
SELECT *
FROM press_rel
WHERE press_re_id = #FORM.pre_existing#
</cfquery>      

<!-- GET CATEGORIES -->
<cfquery name="GetCategoriesOutput" datasource="#Datasource#">
SELECT * FROM categories
</cfquery>

<!-- SPIT OUT CATEGORIES AND SHOW CATEGORIES IN THE DB.COLUMN AS SELECTED BY 
LOOPING  -->
<!-- PRSubmit_EDIT IS HIDDEN FORM WHEN IN EDIT MODE -->
<select name="pre_cat_id" size="3" multiple id="cat_id">
        <CFOUTPUT query="GetCategoriesOutput">
<option value="#categorie_id#" <CFIF ISDEFINED ("PRSubmit_EDIT")><cfloop index 
= "ListElement" list = "#Edit_Get_Selected_PressRel.pre_cat_id#"><CFIF 
ListElement IS 
GetCategoriesOutput.categorie_id>selected</CFIF></cfloop></CFIF>>#cat_name#</option>
        </CFOUTPUT>
      </select>

Thanks.

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