Forum OpenACS Q&A: Response to select list populated from db and form templates

Thanks for the answers but I think I was a bit unclear about what
I'm trying to do. I'm not trying to get the name that was submitted
but the option value, so in my example if "some name" is chosen I
want to be able to pull in the corresponding integer option value,
in this case 3 which is the key that I will search the db on.

I already have the identifier person_id as a property defined on the
form but how to I grab the selection value, not tag contents and put
it in the person_id var?
Thanks
Adam