Which is more readable is quite subjective, you probably find this more readable: <select> <option value="#value#"<cfif value eq url.value> selected</cfif>>#text#</option> </select>
And I this: <select> <option value="#value#"#iif( value eq url.value, de( ' selected' ), de( '' ))#>#text#</option> </select> Partly because homesite+ screws up the color coding and partly because i don't like tags inside of tags (even if it's to different languages) Anyways, I call potayto/potahto. Also I remember reading that iif() is actually faster in certain cases, but I forgot why when or how (something to do with the Java translation) but thats probably nullified by the delayed expressions... An even better way for the above example would be to put the ' selected' into a separate variable alongside the #value# and #text# Mingo. loathe wrote: > Honestly, I almost wish that Adobe would do away with iif and evaluate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249576 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

