Spin through listbox items and update selection status

[nebber johnson]

I have a form that contains several elements populated based on a database query. One such field is a list of employees which is basically the result of a select * sql. The listbox is correctly populated

Jack
Joe
Mary

The issue I'm having is that on a "edit" page I have a query that returns a specific record (lets say joe's record). What I need to do is spin through the list of possible items (Jack, Joe, Mary) and if the value matches the name returned in the second query then make the item selected. Here is how I think it would be done:
1) Populate listbox with all possible items
2) Select a specific transaction and return a name
3) Spin through listbox items and if the item value match the name then mark it selected.

Is this possible to do and if so how?

[Bear Bibeault]

Why not just do it all while you're building the element?

[nebber johnson]

Mainly because it is two different SQLs. But your suggestion is a good one, I believe I can store the results of the specific fetch and compare the "all" fetch with those results to populate.

Thanks!

[Bear Bibeault]

You should be performing all database operations long before you get to the JSP.