JS and setting selection box

I have a selection box with different ID. I save the data from this in a database using request.form(name of selection). My problem is that I wish to load the saved content to the webpage. How can I set the Selection when I have the ID? I can not use .selectedIndex because this is not related to the ID.

I'm not sure if I've understood you properly, or if there is a quicker way to do it, but I'd use a loop. Try this for example:

Code:

---

<select onchange="for (var loopCounter = 0; loopCounter < this.length; loopCounter++) { if (this.options[loopCounter].id==['a']) { this.options[loopCounter].selected = true; break; } }">
  <option>1</option>
  <option id="a">2</option>
  <option>3</option>
</select>

---