Hi again! result[0] is the value i got from the database. I tried the following piece of code and got :
"TypeError: not enough arguments for format string" if result [0] in range(0, 101, 10): selected_value = result[0] else: selected_value = '-' tag = """ <select name='percent'> <option selected VALUE=%s>%s</option> <option VALUE='-'>-</option> <option VALUE='0'>0%</option> <option VALUE='10'>10%</option> <option VALUE='20'>20%</option> <option VALUE='30'>30%</option> <option VALUE='40'>40%</option> <option VALUE='50'>50%</option> <option VALUE='60'>60%</option> <option VALUE='70'>70%</option> <option VALUE='80'>80%</option> <option VALUE='90'>90%</option> <option VALUE='100'>100%</option> </select>""" % (selected_value,selected_value) return tag What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Patty _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor