Drop down box issue

I have a jsp having drop down box and empty table. This table gets populated on basis of option selected from drop down and clicking button called Search which hits database. This drop down i am populating dynamically from database using Select and option.
My issue is once i have selected an option from drop down say A and clicked on search button the JSP refreshes and populates table below. However i want the option B to be visible in drop down after the page has refreshed. This is not happening and everytime page refreshes the original option of drop down is back in focus.

Then code your serverside page to remember this data and fill it in when the page is rerendered.

Eric

Can i use SelectedIndex property to somehow retain the value in variable.

You should have this value on the server, why don't you set it there?

You can set it in a variable but when the page is submitted it will get wiped clean. You can use cookie, but what if cookies are diabled. Only safe bet is the server.

Eric