html:select and option

[geofrey pony]

I want to combine html:select with normal <option> tag and not html ption or html ptions or html ptionsCollection etc.

e.g.
<html:select name="animalForm" property="animal" size="1" styleClass="dataInputField" styleId="5" onchange="animalChanged(this.value)">
<option value="lion">lion</option>
<option value="tiger">tiger</option>
<option value="ant">ant</option>
</select>

when selected value in the drop down is changed, the correct value is retreived at the server side however when the page reloads the value selected is the first value in the drop down and not the value that was selected by the user.

Is it that html:select must be combined with html ption or html ptions or html ptionsCollection and cannot be combined with <option> tag for this feature??

Thanks in advance

[geofrey pony]

Thanks everyone. My problem is sorted if I use the simple version of
html:option