IIRC that is par for the course with CFselect. To get around that I have been using a custom tag called optionselected.cfm for years.
I posted code for the tag here http://coz.pastebin.com/f18153123 I am not sure how you would do dynamic updates or anything Ajax-y with this as I have not tried myself as of yet. Or if this will help you at all for that matter ;o) Just thought I would throw it out there... G! On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Les Mizzell <lesm...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > Hmmm - don't know why this doesn't want to work: > > <cfselect name="theCATS" > id="theCATS" > bind="cfc:art.getCATS()" > bindonload="yes" > bindattribute="HTML" > queryPosition="Below"> > <option value="0">Select a Category</option> > </cfselect> > > This will display *just* the database output, and not the optional > "Select a Category" option, which needs to always be first... > > If I remove the "bindonload" attribute - it will display ONLY the > "Select a Category" option - and not the database output. > > I'm probably an idiot.... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:322555 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
