<SELECT name="presidents">
<OPTION>Al Gore
<OPTION SELECTED>George W. Bush
</SELECT>

The button on the right hand side triggers a call to:

alert(document.election.presidents.value)

Try changing the selection in the drop-down menu. Click the button. In Internet Explorer, the alert box will show up empty. In Netscape 6, the alert box will echo your selection.

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