Show selected item from results

[Anon]

Okay, I have one table that has the following fields:

ratingid
rating

(the above table has 5 rows, but it could theoretically be many more, no set number of them)

I have another table that has the following fields:

storyid
ratingid
title
story

I want to be able to display the results from the second table in a form, but have the possible ratings show in a drop down select box AND have the current ratingid be the one that is selected. I'm totally stumped on that last part (having the selected one actually selected). Anyone have any ideas on how to do this, or can point me in the right direction?

[Anon]

basically, as you print out the rows of the rating table, you check to see if it is equal to ratingid of the second table. If so print "selected".