Unable to dispaly selected item in option button

Question

I am having problem with jsp code given below:
1. When user first time render this page , he is able to view all the options which is already stored in vector except "Selezionare provincia"
2. Now if user selects say "provincia2" ,the value selected for "Selezionare provincia" is also get stored in session
3. There are also some more items on the page to select but i am showing you the specific one
4. So suppose if user forget to fill up other data , the exception is thrown on same page,and for that event the value stored in session for "Selezionare provincia" (in our case its "provincia2") is not get displayed as selected value for that list.
5. which means that , when that list is get populated for second time form vector , the stored value should be dispalyed as selected value.
6. i was trying to put my logic by using some flag variable but its not working
7. The value stored in vector are provincia1,provincia2,provincia3
<select size="1" id="SelProvincia" name="SelProvincia"  class="w170" tabindex="<%=index++ %>">
<option value="" "<%=select%>">Selezionare provincia</option>
<%
Vector<Provincia> proList=new Vector<Provincia>();
Provincia provencia;
proList=GestoreSessioneIdentificazioneCittadino.getElencoProvincia(request);
for (Enumeration e = proList.elements(); e.hasMoreElements();)
provencia=(Provincia)e.nextElement();
if(flag==0)
select="";
if(provencia.getNome().equals("provincia2"))
select="selected";
flag=0;
break;
%>
<option value="<%=provencia.getNome()%>" "<%=select%>"><%=provencia.getNome()%></option>
<%
%> 
</select>

Answer 1

I'm having the exact same problem! I've never had this problem before. Does anyone have a solution??