how to repopulate select generated from database? anyone can help me?

[eluser]Matalina[/eluser]
Typically I do the following:

Code:

echo form_dropdown('parentid',$faq_categories,set_value('parentid',$value);

where $faq_categories would be in the format of array($value1 => $option_text2, $value2 => $option_text 2....);
and where $value is the default value which is optional

Of corse need to have the form helper loaded in the controller