Does the code shown below close to what you are looking for? <bean:define id="editorsList" name="EDITORS, which is the JavaBeans passed through the session scope" scope="session" type="java.util.ArrayList" /> <html:select property="GIVE SOME NAME TO THIS SELECT BOX" size="1" multiple="false"> <option value="">-Select-</option> <html:options collection="editorsList" labelProperty="label" property="value"/> </html:select>
-Caroline --- andy wix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am wondering if there is a neat way to overcome a > typical problem when > offering a drop-down menu to a user. It is common > to have a default option > called say 'select'. The drop down objects in my > case are an arraylist > which are the result of a trip to the db. > > So far, my contrived solution is to have a dummy > object which I add at > position zero in the arraylist which has a name > field of 'select', but this > is nasty as there are times I want to use the > arraylist (stored in the > sesion) without this item and it means shipping a db > with a 'must-have' > record. > > Thanks, > Andy > > _________________________________________________________________ > It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN > Messenger today! > http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]