Hello, I always use the html:options tag and it works fine; try the following:
(there is a type error in your example) <html:select property ="gender"> <html:option value="m">m</html:option> <html:option value="f">f</html:option> </html:select> ofcourse, in the database you should have the values f or m Jan "Goldy J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello, > I have a JSP in which there are number of dropdown along with text boxes. I am using struts tag lib for getting the value when I submit the form. > The problem is when I try to populate the dropdown in th JSP with the data that i get from the databse . > For example I have dropdown for gender with option M,F.Now when I select and submit it I am OK but when I query and get the value from DB It doesnt set to appropiate value but always with the deafult M. same for others dropdowns. > Iam using the following in my JSP > > <html:select property ="gender"><htrml:option value="m"></html:option><htrml:option value="f"></html:option></html:select> > > In formbean > String gender; > setGender{}; > getGender{}; > > Any help will be highly appreciated Thanks in advance. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]