this is usually how i code for my month combo box that selects the current
month

<select name="month">
<option value="">[ Month ]</option>
<%
Dim monthnow
For monthnow = 1 to 12
%>
 <option value="<% = monthnow %>"<% If Month(Now()) = monthnow then %>
selected<% End If %>><% = MonthName(monthnow) %></option>
<%
Next
%>
</select>

works perfectly fine with me. let me know if you'll have problems

- eL!n0r3

note : excuse the "<%" the asp open tag doesn't work here for some reason