Hi, I'm trying to use a selectOneMenu for a String property in an Entity. For example I have an entity with: @NotNull | @Column(name="Status") | @Length(max=16) | private String status; Instead of using a textbox for users to fill in this field i'd like to use a drop down with values that I populate. So I created the following h:selectOneMenu: <s:decorate template="layout/edit.xhtml"> | <ui:define name="label">Status</ui:define> | <h:selectOneMenu value="#{customerHome.instance.status}"> | <f:selectItem itemLabel="Active" itemValue="Active"/> | <f:selectItem itemLabel="Inactive" itemValue="Inactive"/> | </h:selectOneMenu> | </s:decorate> This works fine for submitting of the form. The selected itemValue will end up in the database. But when I want to view the data the proper selectItem is never selected. I know for example that #{customerHome.instance.status} contains the string "Inactive" but the form shows "Active". Any ideas how to fix that? Thanks, Felix View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4117934#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...