Hi Spork.

Could you post some more of the source code? If not, you can set a default value with CGI.pm like this:

print popup_menu(-name=>'food',
                 -values=>['pasta','fish','chicken',
                 'vegetables','fruit','bread','dessert'],
                 -default=>'dessert');
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I once had a problem with a cgi program I writing where the script wouldn't work until I changed the word 'values' to 'value' ( without the quotes ).

If this reply doesn't provide a solution, just post again o.k?

You can find some more perl/CGI tutorials at:

perl.about.com

and...

devshed.com

I would try a supersearch here first though.

Hope this helps,

-Caitlin