Scott,
you're approach was correct. I rewrote your code to improve readability
a little bit ) and it worked fine.
I'll include my modified code below my sig for your review.
Lance Lavandowska
Software Engineer
http://www.AgDomain.Com
<% //code to create drop down list of states... and select one of
String[] statea =
{"AL","AK","AZ","AR","CA","CO","CT","DE","DC","FL","GA","HI","ID",
"IL","IN","IA","KS","KY","LA","ME","MD","MA","MI","MN","MS","MO",
"MT","NE","NV","NH","NJ","NM","NY","NC","ND","OH","OK","OR","PA",
"PR","RI","SC","SD","TX","TN","UT","VT","VI","VA","WA","WV","WI", "WY" };
String[] statef =
{"Alamaba","Alaska","Arizona","Arkansas","California*","Colorado",
"Connecticut*","Delaware","District Of Columbia","Florida*","Georgia",
"Hawaii","Idaho","Illinois*","Indiana","Iowa","Kansas","Kentucky","Louisia
na","Maine","Maryland","Massachusetts","Michigan","Minnesota","Mississippi
", "Missouri","Montana","Nebraska","Nevada","New Hampshire","New Jersey*",
"New Mexico","New York*","North Carolina","North Dakota","Ohio*",
"Oklahoma","Oregon","Pennsylvania*","Puerto Rico","Rhode Island", "South
Carolina","South Dakota","Texas*","Tennessee","Utah","Vermont", "Virgin
Islands","Virginia","Washington","West Virginia","Wisconsin","Wyoming"
};
%>
<FORM Action=testState.jsp>
<SELECT NAME="state">
<%
for (int i = 0; i < 53; i++)
{
String value = (String) statea[i];
String name = (String) statef[i];
String selected = "";
//change the order for your "equals" and you won't have to worry about
null pointers
if (value.equals(request.getParameter("state")))
{
selected = " SELECTED";
} else if ( value.equals("CA") ) { // CA is the default
selected = " SELECTED";
}
%>
<OPTION VALUE="<%=value%>"<%=selected%>><%=name%></OPTION>
<%
}
%>
</SELECT>
<input type=submit>
</form>
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