I am trying to set the value of a form option that looks like this
<SELECT NAME=office MULTIPLE SIZE=3 >
<OPTION SELECTED></OPTION>
<OPTION Value='0' >Not Used
<OPTION Value='1' >Dallas
<OPTION Value='2' >Houston
</SELECT>

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I am trying to set the value to 1 for Dallas like this
$mech->select( "office","1");
and I am getting the error "Illegal value '1' for field 'office' at ......."

here is the form dump
office= (option) [<UNDEF>/off|*]
office=<UNDEF> (option) [*<UNDEF>/off|0/Not Used]
office=<UNDEF> (option) [*<UNDEF>/off|1/Dallas]
office=<UNDEF> (option) [*<UNDEF>/off|2/Houston]
...
...

Is there a way to set the value of "office" regardless of what it thinks is a valid value?

In reply to invalid option value with Mechanize by bobdole

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