# Bind table data to a drop down control

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-table-data-to-a-drop-down-control/6006>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 11, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-table-data-to-a-drop-down-control/6006 "2013-03-11T01:13:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![destino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@destino](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/destino)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-table-data-to-a-drop-down-control/6006/1 "2013-03-11T01:13:24Z")

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I am attempting to bind a list of operator names to a drop down selection control.

I’ve had partial success creating an SQL tag but it appears to be attempting to write to the table and after selecting an operator the control goes red and locks up.

I’m very new to this and any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![anna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@anna](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anna)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-table-data-to-a-drop-down-control/6006/2 "2013-03-13T22:16:06Z")

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Can you paste your query here?  
What exactly leads you to think that the query is writing to the table?