Default value of combobox using dynamic LOV in Oracle Portal form

We are trying to specify the deafult value of a combobox on a form that derives it options from a dynamic LOV. The option value is a number and the display is text.
E.g.
<Option value="1">Books
<Option value="2">CDs
We have tried various ways of setting the default option to be selected on the Combobox. First, we tried using a sql query to return a number from a table (sql query returns number -> in the default value type field). Next, we tried to use a constant number (default value: 2, default value type: constant). In neither case, did the Oracle Portal form pre-select our default choice in the drop-down list.
Any suggestions? I browsed the other forum articles on this topic and noticed several folks believed it was a bug in Portal. We are using Portal version 3.0.9 (latest App Server for the Ebusiness Suite). Thanks in advance.

You can manually add the select list (or for that matter anything else) to a wizard created form. If the select list is for an existing item, simply change the "Display As" setting from Text to a Select List based on the LOV you create. Any changes made will then be applied by the update process.
cheers,
Ron

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