well...actually....that didn't do the trick.
here's my insert statement from the page that the info is being sent to.
StrSQL = "Insert into tblDirectoryCA (DCUNIQID,DCREQID,DCREQDATE,DCAPPROVED,DCAPPRID,DC APPRDATE,DCAPPRREASON,DCTELE,DCORGA,DCTEXT,DCBUILD ING,DCADTLINFO,DCTYPE) values ('" & Request.Form("txtUniq") & "','" & struserid & "','" & Now() & "','N',null,null,null,'" & adoRS3(0) & "','" & trim(Request.Form("selORGA")) & "','" & Request.Form("txtTEXT") & "','" & adoRS3(5) & "','" & Request.Form("txtKeyw") & "','C')"
all other fields are writing to the database...just not the selORGA.
i've gone over this a hundred times and can't figure it out...i've handled other cases this exact same way and it works fine.