You could have if statements for every option. May be better if you have a for loop for some of the options -- SEE BELOW.
e.g <TR><TD><B><?php echo("cell name")?>:</B></TD> <TD><select name="cellname"> <?php //Do some database stuff (connect, query, get result etc etc) to get the value that is stored. Put the number into the variable $var for ($i=1904;$i<1912;$i++) { printf("<option value='%s'",$i); if ($var == $i) printf(" selected"); printf("> %s</option>",$i); } printf("<option value='1916'"); if ($var == '1916') printf(" selected"); printf("> 1916</option>"); printf("<option value='volta'"); if ($var == 'volta') printf(" selected"); printf("> volta</option>"); printf("<option value='scatt11'"); if ($var == 'scatt11') printf(" selected"); printf("> scatt11</option>"); ?> </select> </TD></TR> Cheers Steve "Walid Dib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 6EDD9DC298BF9C48AC3EF66EA92596BC0463AF25@frbucmsx03medge">news:6EDD9DC298BF9C48AC3EF66EA92596BC0463AF25@frbucmsx03medge... > Hello, I need to get back the present value in the data base and to > post(show) it in the menu of selection. somebody has an idea?? > > Thank you in advance. > <TR><TD><B><?php echo("cell name")?>:</B></TD> > <TD><select name="cellname"> > <option value="1904" selected> 1904</option> > <option value="1905"> 1905</option> > <option value="1906"> 1906</option> > <option value="1907"> 1907</option> > <option value="1908"> 1908</option> > <option value="1909"> 1909</option> > <option value="1910"> 1910</option> > <option value="1911"> 1911</option> > <option value="1916"> 1916</option> > <option value="volta"> volta</option> > <option value="scatt11"> scatt11</option> > </select> > </TD></TR> -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php