Each From with Select Option

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field298 Single Line Text Box

Instead of free input I wanted to show a select dropdown to validate input. There were a ton of options, so I created an array, and then looped through the array to create the <options>. A first blank option was also added.

Template

PHP Code:

<select class="primary" name="userfield[field298]" id="cfield_298" tabindex="1">
    <option value="" <vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo['field298'] == ''">selected="selected"</vb:if> ></option>
    <vb:each from="titlearray[$allcharacterdb[$bbuserinfo['field109']]['Organization']]" key="userid" value="userinfo">
        <option value="{vb:raw userinfo.title}" <vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo['field298'] == '{vb:raw userinfo.title}'">selected="selected"</vb:if> >{vb:raw userinfo.title}</option>
    </vb:each>
</select> 


HTML Output (small sampling)

<select class="primary" name="userfield[field298]" id="cfield_298" tabindex="1">
	<option value=""></option>
	<option value="Adept">Adept</option>
	<option value="Axesworn">Axesworn</option>
</select>

So this all works, and saves fine. The problem is that the selected attribute isn't catching on the option/field after it's been saved and then the form is brought up again. So the next time the form pulls up, it's blank, and then clears the field. Here's where I'm trying to set the attribute. What am I missing?

PHP Code:

<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo['field298'] == '{vb:raw userinfo.title}'">selected="selected"</vb:if>