I applaud you mentioning CGI.pm, it does have a solution - it's just not the radio_group method, it's popup_menu, or scrolling_list, depending on weather you want a single selection drop-down or a multi-value scrolling list box. 
$html .= $query->scrolling_list(
  -name    => 'my_parameter',
  -values  => [qw/option1 option2/],
  -default => $existing_value,
  -labels  => { option1 => 'Option 1',
                option2 => 'Option 2'},
  -multiple => 'true',
);

# or

$html .= $query->popup_menu(
  -name    => 'my_parameter',
  -values  => [qw/option1 option2/],
  -default => $existing_value,
  -labels  => { option1 => 'Option 1',
                option2 => 'Option 2'},
);

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The other absolutely wonderful thing about CGI.pm is that if the parameter already has a value in the $query object (which you can set explicitly), it will automaticly have it's old value (i.e. it will stick) when you use $query to produce the html (that is if you don't set it explicitly as above). This is great for situations when you have to re-display an HTML page with a form to the user so they can either correct fields, or fill in required fields.

If you want to have a default value without overwriting the user's entry, an easy thing to do is: 

  $query->param('my_parameter',$defaultValue) unless defined $query->p
+aram('my_parameter');

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hth

In reply to Re: Re: Dynamically marking a HTML select option as selected by mortis
in thread Dynamically marking a HTML select option as selected by ezekiel

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