Question

I have this html…

<select id='View' name='View'>    <option value='1'>With issue covers</option>    <option value='0'>No issue covers</option>  </select> 

It won’t let me insert code like this…

<select id='View' name='View'>    <option value='1' <% ..logic code..%> >With issue covers</option>    <option value='0' <% ..logic code..%> >No issue covers</option>  </select> 

So whats the best way to set one to selected?

Update: Without using the HTML Helpers.

Answer 1

I would agree with Marc on using helpers but if you must avoid them then you could try something like the following:

<select id='View' name='View'>    <option value='1' <% if (something) { %> selected <% } %> >With issue covers</option>    <option value='0' <% if (!something) { %> selected <% } %> >No issue covers</option> </select>