Note the initial empty <option>. Also, note that you only need 1 set of enclosing <cfoutput> tags.
<cfset lookupOptionsArray = listtoarray("Blood,DNA,Other") /> <cfselect name="sampleType" size="1" multiple="no" style="width:200px" required="yes" message="Please select a Sample Type to continue."> <option value=""></option> <cfoutput> <cfloop index="i" from="1" to="#arraylen(lookupOptionsArray)#"> <option value="#lookupOptionsArray[i]#">#lookupOptionsArray[i]#</option> </cfloop> </cfoutput> </cfselect> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:326506 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4