selected value from database

In an update form, I have a select list with only 3 values: admin, author and contributor. How do I have the value currently held in the database be the one which is selected? Here is the code that I have so far; print "<td> Level: <select name=\"level\" value=\"$level\"><option value=\"admin\">Admin</option>\n"; print "<option value=\"author\">Author</option><option value=\"contributor\">Contributor</option></select></td></tr>\n"; As you can see, the value taken from the database is $level. Many thanks, Peter Gumbrell peter@orillia.net