i have a dopdown list name="sel<%=RS("NAME"%>". everytime it loops through the record it gets different name. now after submitting the asp page to itself how do i retrieve the different values of this dropdown list who has different names. Please help...

With a for loop or do while you will retrieve these values :
Do While Not RS.EOF
<option name='choice' value='<%=RS('name')%>'><%=RS("name")%>
RS.MoveNext
Loop

and then you get every value by Request.Form("choice")
putting all together under a form and submit button.