What about just using the ListFind function. ListFind(yourlist,currentid)
<!----------------//------ andy matthews web developer ICGLink, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.370.1530 x737 --------------//---------> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:43 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: CFLOOP: Select Form in Edit Mode with Multiple Selections (selected help) All, I'm trying to populate a (categories) select form with element in edit mode. I'm trying to loop through the entire list of categories while highlighting (selected) the categories associated within this recordset. I'm having a hard time getting multiple selections to siaply properly in edit mode. Each category_id is comma delimted. SAMPLE: <!-- FORM.pre_existing is coming from unique item submitted into edit mode --> <cfquery name="Edit_Get_Selected_PressRel" datasource="#datasource#" cachedWithin = "#CreateTimeSpan(0, 0, 5, 0)#"> SELECT * FROM press_rel WHERE press_re_id = #FORM.pre_existing# </cfquery> <!-- GET CATEGORIES --> <cfquery name="GetCategoriesOutput" datasource="#Datasource#"> SELECT * FROM categories </cfquery> <!-- SPIT OUT CATEGORIES AND SHOW CATEGORIES IN THE DB.COLUMN AS SELECTED BY LOOPING --> <!-- PRSubmit_EDIT IS HIDDEN FORM WHEN IN EDIT MODE --> <select name="pre_cat_id" size="3" multiple id="cat_id"> <CFOUTPUT query="GetCategoriesOutput"> <option value="#categorie_id#" <CFIF ISDEFINED ("PRSubmit_EDIT")><cfloop index = "ListElement" list = "#Edit_Get_Selected_PressRel.pre_cat_id#"><CFIF ListElement IS GetCategoriesOutput.categorie_id>selected</CFIF></cfloop></CFIF>>#cat_name#< /option> </CFOUTPUT> </select> Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:236669 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54