>And the good news is, it doesn't error/log when "select Topic" is selected.
>...the bad news....it doesn't do anything at all.
>
>Now, I've never claimed to be a Java-master and shan't be attempting to claim it for QUITE a while, but it seems to me that the if stmt is saying:
>If selectedIndex > 0
> display the information
>else
> throw up idiot box
>
>Is anyone seeing anything other than that?

If this is Javascript, If should be lowercase and the condition within parentheses I believe. If there is no error, make sure the browser is set to show the Javascript errors.