You can't use dtml inside dtml. You probably mean: <td> <select name="Type"> <option <dtml-if expr="_['Type'] == 'Call'">selected</dtml-if>> Call </option> <option <dtml-if expr="_['Type'] == 'Meeting'">selected</dtml-if>> Meeting </option> <option <dtml-if expr="_['Type'] == 'Letter'">selected</dtml-if>> Letter </option></select> </td> Troy -----Original Message----- From: Tim Considine [mailto:timc@bizdev.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 12:55 PM To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] HTML Selected not working I am trying to make a value from an SQL query the selected one from an HTML option list. But the following doesn't work and I can't see why. <td> <select name="Type"> <option <dtml-if expr="'<dtml-var Type>'=='Call'">SELECTED</dtml-if>> Call <option <dtml-if expr="'Meeting'=='<dtml-varType>'">SELECTED</dtml-if>> Meeting <option <dtml-if expr="'<dtml-var Type>'=='Letter'">SELECTED</dtml-if>> Letter </option></select> </td> <td><select name="Priority"> <option <dtml-if expr="'<dtml-var Priority>'=='1'">SELECTED</dtml-if>> 1 <option <dtml-if expr="'<dtml-var Priority>'=='2'">SELECTED</dtml-if>> 2 </option></select> </td> Any thoughts ? Tim Considine Email : timc@bizdev.co.uk _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )