Best way to populate an edit form from a database

[eluser]Thorpe Obazee[/eluser]

Code:

<select id="calendar_id" name="calendar_id" class="select small-column">
    &lt;?php foreach ($calendars as $calendar):?&gt;
    <option value="&lt;?php echo $calendar->calendars_id;?&gt;" &lt;?php echo ($calendar->calendars_id == $event->calendars_id) ? set_select('calendar_id', $event->calendars_id, TRUE) : set_select('calendar_id', $event->calendars_id); ?&gt; >&lt;?php echo $calendar->calendars_name;?&gt;</option>
    &lt;?php endforeach;?&gt;
</select>

This is what I do with simple selects. The logic works on check boxes and radio buttons.