Validation Binding Does not remember the value selected

How come in my first list menu, category the validation bindings do not seem to remember what I select upon failed submission?

<form action="" name="form2" id="form2"> <div class="formCont">
<div class="formRow">
<div class="wdth290 fl">


<span class="redAsterick">*</span>SEXuation <span class="redAsterick">
<?php
if (ValidatedField('form','form')) {
if ((strpos((",".ValidatedField("form","form").","), "," . "1" . ",") !== false || "1" == "")) {
if (!(false)) {
?>
required
<?php //WAFV_Conditional form.php form(1:)
}
}
}?></span>
<p class="select">
<select name="category" class="default" tabindex="2" title="">
<?php
do {
?><option value="<?php echo $row_rsCats['id']?>"<?php if (!(strcmp($row_rsCats['id'], (ValidatedField("form","category"))))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>><?php echo $row_rsCats['category']?></option>
<?php
} while ($row_rsCats = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsCats));
$rows = mysql_num_rows($rsCats);
if($rows > 0) {
mysql_data_seek($rsCats, 0);
$row_rsCats = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsCats);
}
?>
</select>
</p>
<div class="cl"></div>
</div>
<div class="fl"><span class="redAsterick">*</span>FEEDBACK <span class="redAsterick"> required </span>
<p class="select">
<select name="subCategory" class="default" tabindex="2">
<?php
do {
?>
<option value="<?php echo $row_rssubCats['id']?>"><?php echo $row_rssubCats['subcategory']?></option>
<?php
} while ($row_rssubCats = mysql_fetch_assoc($rssubCats));
$rows = mysql_num_rows($rssubCats);
if($rows > 0) {
mysql_data_seek($rssubCats, 0);
$row_rssubCats = mysql_fetch_assoc($rssubCats);
}
?>
</select>
</p>
<div class="cl"></div>
</div>
<div class="cl"></div>
</div>
<div class="formRow">
<div class="wdth290"><span class="redAsterick">*</span> YOUR E-MAIL<span class="redAsterick"> required </span>
<p class="txtField"><span>
<input name="email" type="text" id="email">
</span></p>
<div class="cl"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="formRow"> <span class="redAsterick">*</span>YOUR QUESTION <font size="2">
You have <input readonly type="text" name="countdown2" size="3" value="85"> characters left.</font>
<p class="txtField width500"><span>
<input name="limitedtextfield" type="text" onKeyDown="limitText(this.form.limitedtextfield,this.form.countdown2,85);"
onKeyUp="limitText(this.form.limitedtextfield,this.form.countdown2,85);" maxlength="85"><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>


</span></p>

<div class="cl"></div>
</div>
<div class="formRow">
<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span class="redAsterick">*</span> MESSAGE You have
<input readonly type="text" name="countdown" size="3" value="284">
characters left.</font>
</p>
<p class="txarea"><span>
<textarea name="limitedtextarea" onKeyDown="limitText(this.form.limitedtextarea,this.form.countdown,284);" onKeyUp="limitText(this.form.limitedtextarea,this.form.countdown,284);"></textarea>
<br>
<font size="1"><br>
<br>
<br>
please type the captcha code:<br>
<img src="webassist/captcha/wavt_captchasecurityimages.php?width=200&height=50&field=Security_Code_1&bgcolor=FFFFFF&transparent=0&bgimage=&gridfreq=20&gridcolor=000000&gridorder=behind&noisefreq=20&noisecolor=000000&noiseorder=behind&characters=5&charheight=&font=fonts/MODERNA_.TTF&textcolor=000000" alt="security code" name="capt1" width="32" height="32" id="capt1" /><br>
<br>
<input name="Security_Code_1" type="text" class="text-field" id="Security_Code_1" value="" />
</span></p>
<div class="cl"></div>
</div>
<div class="formRow fr"> <a href="#" title="Ask">
<input name="button" type="image" id="button" value="Submit" src="images/askBtn.gif">
</a> </div>
<div class="cl"></div>
</div></form>

imposible to tell without seeing the entire page code rather than just the form code, but my guess is that the validation behavior is expecting the information to be sent through the POST, but since your form does not set a method, it is using GET.

try changing:
<form action="" name="form2" id="form2">

to:
<form action="" name="form2" id="form2" method="POST">


if it is still not working, compress the php file to a zip archive and attach the zip file to your reply.

Here is the form and so far I only applied the validation to the first list menu category.
Again the problem is it does not remember what I selected when I hit submit.

Thank you!

you're testing this the wrong way.

the validated entries binding will only have a value if form validation fails

Since the only form element you are validating is the category select list, you should be using the validated entries binding on another form element, and testing in a way that would cause the category list to fail.

you are using required not blank validation on the select list, but you don't have a blank option, meaning that there will always be a selection made, so validation on the category will never fail.


add validation for the email address field, then submit the form without entering an email address, but change the category select list, that would be a more valid text than what you have set up so far....

That worked thank you

you're welcome.