[Zope] selected in select lists

[Garry Saddington]

J Cameron Cooper wrote:

> Garry Saddington wrote:
>
>>
>> I have a variable called 'groupabbrev' in the REQUEST. I am trying to 
>> automatically select an option in a select list based on this variable.
>> I have tried this code and many others, and many googles but have not 
>> found anything that works. Can anyone see what I am doing wrong?
>>
>>
>> <select name="groupabbrev">
>> <dtml-in getpastoralgroups>
>> <option value="<dtml-var groupabbrev>" <dtml-if 
>> expr="'groupabbrev'==_['sequence-item']"> selected</dtml-if> 
>> ><dtml-var groupabbrev></option>
>> </dtml-in>
>> </select>
>
>
> Why have you put 'groupabbrev' in quotes? 

I am fishing in the dark

> That makes it a string, and the condition will only be true when the 
> current item is equal to "groupabbrev".
>
> Presumably you want the value of the variable named that, rather than 
> a string of that name.
>
> Also, watch the values of what 'getpastoralgroups' returns. The 
> condition will never be true if they are not strings or converted into 
> such.
>
>         --jcc

Now I have tried both of the following with no result:
<dtml-if expr="groupabbrev==_.str(_['sequence-item'])">

<dtml-if expr="groupabbrev==_['sequence-item']">

Are there any other ways I could try?
regards
Garry