How do I specify an index on a pdk:select tag in java?

[William Oberkirsch]

I have a form that needs to be repopulated when the user does an update but I don't what the selected value in a selectbox to change back to the first choice in the selectbox. How can I get it's current index and set it to that index when the form is repopulated.

Thanks in advance.

Bill O.

here is the select box in the jsp file

<td >Select Primary Question:
    <pdk:select property="primId" name="qeBean" onchange="submit()">
        <pdk:optionsCollection name="primaryQuestions" value="primId" label="primName"/>
    </pdk:select>
</td>

this is the java part where I do the setting of the selectbox and other parameters
(QuestionEditorAction.java)

QuestionEditorPrimaryDTO qepDTO = new QuestionEditorPrimaryDTO();
primaryQuestions = qefDAO.get_PrimaryQuestions(catId);  //catId is passed in
qepDTO = new QuestionEditorPrimaryDTO((QuestionEditorPrimaryDTO)primaryQuestions.get(0));
primId = qepDTO.getPrimId();
request.getSession().setAttribute("primId",primId);
request.getSession().setAttribute("primQuestion", qepDTO.getPrimQuestion());       
 //this is whats setting the questions in the primary question selectbox 
request.getSession().setAttribute("primaryQuestions",primaryQuestions);

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[David Newton]

Is the "pdk" tag library a renaming of the normal Struts 1 libraries or something?

[William Oberkirsch]

pdk-struts is an extension of struts tags to allow the links to work inside Oracle's portals

[David Newton]

http://struts.apache.org/1.2.x/userGuide/struts-html.html#select

Need to give the select a value.