setting default value for a combobox

[ram an]

hi ,
i am new to JSF... the design is i have to add a combo box in the JSP page..the data for the combo box, i have called from the database.. when the page loads up i want the value in the combo box to set to default (eg: country = Tokyo)..but i cant set the value
to default...
the code is
<h:selectOneMenu value="#{requestscope.countryid}">
<f:selectItems value="#{pc_page1.countryid}" />
</h:selectOneMenu>

hw to set the default value whn the page loads up to the country i want in the combo box........the country list is in the database...
using JSF

please help

[Kavita Tipnis]

after loading country list from the database just set countryid="Tokyo" in your backing bean

[Rahul Santha]

<h:selectOneMenu id="corporationBI"
value="#{pc_page1.countryId}">

<f:selectItems value="#{pc_page1.countries}" />

Backing Bean
countries = new ArrayList<SelectItem>(10);
new SelectItem("NY", "NY")

When pc_page1.countryId = "NY", it gets selected in the UI.

[ram an]

hey thanks fr all..i got it working...

[Haritha Divi]

ram an wrote:hey thanks fr all..i got it working...

Hey, I've got a similar problem, can someone please help.
I need to create two combo boxes one for month and other for year.
The month cpmbo box (drop down) lists the 12 months but needs to display the current month as default and similarly year combo box lists from current year to 2004, defaulting to current year.
I've got two problems here:
1) to get default the month and year values displayed in the respective combo boxes
2) to get the drop down list starting from current year to 2004 displayed in the year combo box

I have coded the the list values as:
ArrayList Month = new ArrayList();
Month.add(new LabelValueBean("Jan", "01")); ---- the value '01' is written to DB
Month.add(new LabelValueBean("Feb", "02"));
Month.add(new LabelValueBean("Mar", "03"));
Month.add(new LabelValueBean("Apr", "04"));
Month.add(new LabelValueBean("May", "05"));
.
.
.
Month.add(new LabelValueBean("Dec", "12"));

ta,
Divi