Hi,

I currently have a profile form that is used to enter data by a customer.
Once the form is updated and submitted, the database is updated.  Later when
a customer wishes to update their profile, how can I update the drop down
boxes so that it displays the original values that they entered?

I know that I can dynamically recreate all the drop down boxes via a loop
that creates "<option value= xxx>"  and "<option value= xxxx Selected>"
statements, but given the number of drop down boxes and options that seems
like a lot of server side overhead.  Is there an easier way (e.g. a simple
command) to set the default value?

Thanks much in advance,

Peter

u can use cookies to store the values the customer entered, so that next
time the customer wants to edit his profile, you can pre-populate the fields
and pre-select the drop down boxes for him.

Another way to do it is to store the customer's profile information in a
database and pre-populate it with that info when the customer tries to edit
that info. But in order to do this, you have to correctly identify a
customer and pull up his profile (may be take him thru a login page or
something)