How is your option list created?  Did you pull the names and values from a
database?  Or is the list hard-coded?

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From: its me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 3:39 AM
Subject: [PHP-DB] selected problem


i have the file:
edit_profile.php

in it i have a form field like this:
<select name="location">
               <OPTION selected value="">Choose City</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=10-Ramadan>10-Ramadan</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="15 May">15 May</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=6-October>6-October</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Abou Redes">Abou Redes</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Abou-Zabal>Abou-Zabal</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Al Arish">Al Arish</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Al Mahala">Al Mahala</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Al Tour">Al Tour</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Al-Natroun>Al-Natroun</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Alexandria>Alexandria</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Asuit>Asuit</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Aswan>Aswan</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Bader>Bader</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Bani-Sweif>Bani-Sweif</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Belbis>Belbis</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Berkeit sabb">Berkeit sabb</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Cairo>Cairo</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Dahab>Dahab</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Damanhour>Damanhour</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Disouk>Disouk</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Dumiat>Dumiat</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Ein Soukhna">Ein Soukhna</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="El- Maniea">El- Maniea</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Fayed>Fayed</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Fayoum>Fayoum</OPTION> <OPTION value="High
Dam">High
                      Dam</OPTION> <OPTION value=Hurghada>Hurghada</OPTION>
                      <OPTION value=Inshas>Inshas</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Ismaelia>Ismaelia</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Kafr Al Shiek">Kafr Al Shiek</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Katamia>Katamia</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Luxor>Luxor</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Mansoura>Mansoura</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Marabella>Marabella</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Maraquia>Maraquia</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Marsa matrouh">Marsa matrouh</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Met Ghamr">Met Ghamr</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Monofia>Monofia</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Moustorod>Moustorod</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Nubieh>Nubieh</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Oubour City">Oubour City</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Port Sayed">Port Sayed</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Qanater El Khiraya ">Qanater El
Khiraya</OPTION>
                      <OPTION value=Qliub>Qliub</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Quana>Quana</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Quesna>Quesna</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Rafah>Rafah</OPTION> <OPTION value="Ras
Sidr">Ras
                      Sidr</OPTION> <OPTION value="Sadat City">Sadat
                      City</OPTION> <OPTION value=Saqara>Saqara</OPTION>
<OPTION
                      value="Sedi Krier">Sedi Krier</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Sharm el Shiek">Sharm el Shiek</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value="Shebin Al Koum">Shebin Al Koum</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Suhag>Suhag</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Suiez>Suiez</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Taba>Taba</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Tanta>Tanta</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Tebin>Tebin</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Zafrana>Zafrana</OPTION> <OPTION
                      value=Zagazik>Zagazik</OPTION>
         </select>

as you can see there is many options:)

and i got from my database:
$location="Alexandria"
so i wanted to appear selected,how can i do this??






Rehab M.Shouman

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