title: Database value as "selected" item in html select dropdown list
body: <p>When adding a new record to my database I use an html select dropdown list to limit the user's choices for a particular field to: New, Good, Fair and Poor.  One of these four values will always get stored in that field.</p>
  
  <p>On another page I give the user a chance to edit the content of that field.  There, I will also limit the user's choices to the same four values using the same html select dropdown list.</p>
  
  <p>In order to maintain the current value as the default, I need it to be the "selected" value in my dropdown list.  How can I force the current value in the database to be the "selected" value in my dropdown list?  Thank you!</p>