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Hi,

I have a situation where I've got a form that I want to fill with values
read from my xml.  The user could then modify these values and submit
the form.  I've figured out how do this for text fields using the
following format:


	<input type="text" size="40" maxlength="40" name="user_name">
		<xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of
select="user/name"/></xsl:attribute>
	</input>

However, I now need to provide a value read in from the xml for a
drop-down box (single-select).  The <SELECT> tag does not provide a
"value" attribute I can set.  Instead, it just provides any number of
<OPTION> tags, one for each item in the list.  My list looks like the
following:

	<select size="1" name="security_level">
		<option> </option>
		<option>1</option>
		<option>2</option>
		<option>3</option>
		<option>4</option>
		<option>5</option>
	</select>

In order to use the "xsl:attribute" like I used with text fields, I'd
need to know ahead of time which <option> tag to place it in...
correct?  But since I'm reading the number in from the xml, this implies
I'd have to dynamically generate the <options> using javascript?  Or is
there an easier way?

I know I can use a kludge and just make my first option line be
"<option><xsl:value-of select="user/security"/></option>", but I don't
want to do this because it will duplicate one of the existing options in
the list.

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks!

Ken

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