cfselect selected=

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Originally posted by: simbull
I'm using the code below for my form, so the form is pre-populated with data passed from a 'update' link. However, if I then use the drop down, it shows the selected option (from the data) but also shows that option again as an option in the dropdown...is there a way to not duplicate the option in the dropdown?

many thanks in advance

code:
<cfselect name="status" >
<option selected="#formfiller.status#">#formfiller.status#</option>
<option value = "Pending">Pending</option>
<option value = "Won">Won</option>
</cfselect>

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For starters, it looks like you are entering in your value of formfiller.status into the selected="", you should have this in the Value="" attribute... if this contains the value of "Pending" or "Won" (which would explain why you have duplicate data) then you can go ahead and remove this line.

Since you have the options hard coded, you can do something like this to have the option already selected, and avoid the duplicate option.

<cfselect name="status" >
<option value = "Pending" <cfif formfiller.status EQ 'Pending'>selected</cfif>>Pending</option>
<option value = "Won" <cfif formfiller.status EQ 'Won'>selected</cfif>>Won</option>
</cfselect>

Hopefully this is what you were looking for.

could you possible elaborate please as to how I would use that function?

thanks

No, that's an option tag.

cfselect has a selected attribute that might work for your particular situation.