Selectbox and validation

[djbanaan]

I've written a PHP script which writes customer data into a MySQL database. Before it does so, it checks wether all required fields have been filled out. If one or more of the required fields fails validation, the user is returned to the form. He then receives a message on which fields have not yet been filled out. The script itself works perfectly, there is one problem though:
All fields show their original values the second time the form is displayed to the user, except for one.
This is a select box (pull/ drop-down menu), it contains 3 options: one emtpy, one "female" and one "male". If someone fills out "female" and validation fails on any of the other fields, the select box will show "male" the second time the form is displayed.
Is there anyone around who is familiar with this problem and knows how to solve it?

[Anon]

I think I can be of assistance as I have just done something VERY similar... but you will have to post the parts of your code that pertain to the problem you are having.

whoopah

[warmwind]

Do you just require them to hit the back button if form validation fails, or do you re-generate the page?

Another way to do this might be to use javascript to validate the form in the client..
<form method="post" action="./thing.php" name="MyForm" onSubmit="return Validate()">

The Validate() goes through all the form values (under document.MyForm.<field>.value and checks for valid values; if there are problems it prints an alert, and returns 'false', which stops the form from submitting.

[djbanaan]

Problem's already solved by defining the SELECT as an array. Thanks anyway!