[htmltmpl] Select/option How to set "selected"?

[Mark F. <mar...@ea...>]

I am creating a select list where all the "option" content comes from a
mySQL table. The following works fine:

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Occupation: <select name="occupation">
<TMPL_LOOP NAME=OCCUPATION_LOOP>
<option value="<TMPL_VAR NAME=VAL>"><TMPL_VAR NAME=TEXT></option>
</TMPL_LOOP>
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How can I specify a row should be "selected"? The TMPL_VAR named "VAL" is a
numeric index. If I could use TMPL_IF and concatenate the value of "VAL", I
think it would work.

<TMPL_IF NAME="SEL"<TMPL_VAR NAME="VAL">>
selected
</TMPL_IF>

 In my program I could set "$sel5 = 1".

Is there any way to do this?

Thanks,
Mark