thanks for both your help, i will continue to work out why this is not working on my system, if it is working your end that it has to be something to do with my code!!!
thanks again for your help >from the docs: > >Note: This attribute has no effect if you omit the size attribute or set it >to 1, because the browser always submits the displayed item. You can work >around this issue: format forms by having an initial option tag with value=" >" (notice the space character between the quotation marks). > > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:326512 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
