# Using SQL Connector to Populate Drop Down List

**URL:** <https://community.tulip.co/t/using-sql-connector-to-populate-drop-down-list/8073>\
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**Created:** [April 13, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/using-sql-connector-to-populate-drop-down-list/8073 "2023-04-13T04:22:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![mellerbeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@mellerbeck](https://community.tulip.co/u/mellerbeck)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/using-sql-connector-to-populate-drop-down-list/8073/3 "2023-04-14T14:07:47Z")

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My struggle is getting the value back out of the drop down 🙂  
I’ve done this before [One way to do Tulip dropdowns from tables (and passing an ID)](https://community.tulip.co/t/one-way-to-do-tulip-dropdowns-from-tables-and-passing-an-id/3070)  
But I wish we could return the index from the selected item!

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