function fillSelectFromArray(selectCtrl, itemArray, defaultItem) {
	var i;
	if (itemArray != null) {
		// add new items
		for (i = 0; i < itemArray.length; i++) {
			selectCtrl.options[i] = new Option(itemArray[i][1]);
			if (itemArray[i][0] != null) {
				selectCtrl.options[i].value = itemArray[i][0]; 
				if (selectCtrl.options[i].value == defaultItem) {
					selectCtrl.options[i].selected = true;
				}
			}
		}
		// select first item (prompt) for sub list
		//selectCtrl.options[0].selected = true;
	}
}

country_array = new Array(
new Array("0", "Please Select"),
new Array("1", "Afghanistan"),
new Array("2", "Albania"),
new Array("3", "Algeria"),
new Array("4", "American Samoa"),
new Array("5", "Andorra"),
new Array("6", "Angola"),
new Array("7", "Anguilla"),
new Array("8", "Antarctica"),
new Array("9", "Antigua and Barbuda"),
new Array("10", "Argentina"),
new Array("11", "Armenia"),
new Array("12", "Aruba"),
new Array("13", "Australia"),
new Array("14", "Austria"),
new Array("15", "Azerbaijan"),
new Array("16", "Bahamas"),
new Array("17", "Bahrain"),
new Array("18", "Bangladesh"),
new Array("19", "Barbados"),
new Array("20", "Belarus"),
new Array("21", "Belgium"),
new Array("22", "Belize"),
new Array("23", "Benin"),
new Array("24", "Bermuda"),
new Array("25", "Bhutan"),
new Array("26", "Bolivia"),
new Array("27", "Bosnia and Herzegowina"),
new Array("28", "Botswana"),
new Array("29", "Bouvet Island"),
new Array("30", "Brazil"),
new Array("31", "British Indian Ocean Territory"),
new Array("32", "Brunei Darussalam"),
new Array("33", "Bulgaria"),
new Array("34", "Burkina Faso"),
new Array("35", "Burundi"),
new Array("36", "Cambodia"),
new Array("37", "Cameroon"),
new Array("38", "Canada"),
new Array("39", "Cape Verde"),
new Array("40", "Cayman Islands"),
new Array("41", "Central African Republic"),
new Array("42", "Chad"),
new Array("43", "Chile"),
new Array("44", "China"),
new Array("45", "Christmas Island"),
new Array("46", "Cocos (Keeling) Islands"),
new Array("47", "Colombia"),
new Array("48", "Comoros"),
new Array("49", "Congo"),
new Array("50", "Cook Islands"),
new Array("51", "Costa Rica"),
new Array("52", "Cote D&#039;Ivoire"),
new Array("53", "Croatia"),
new Array("54", "Cuba"),
new Array("55", "Cyprus"),
new Array("56", "Czech Republic"),
new Array("57", "Denmark"),
new Array("58", "Djibouti"),
new Array("59", "Dominica"),
new Array("60", "Dominican Republic"),
new Array("61", "East Timor"),
new Array("62", "Ecuador"),
new Array("63", "Egypt"),
new Array("64", "El Salvador"),
new Array("65", "Equatorial Guinea"),
new Array("66", "Eritrea"),
new Array("67", "Estonia"),
new Array("68", "Ethiopia"),
new Array("69", "Falkland Islands (Malvinas)"),
new Array("70", "Faroe Islands"),
new Array("71", "Fiji"),
new Array("72", "Finland"),
new Array("73", "France"),
new Array("74", "France, Metropolitan"),
new Array("75", "French Guiana"),
new Array("76", "French Polynesia"),
new Array("77", "French Southern Territories"),
new Array("78", "Gabon"),
new Array("79", "Gambia"),
new Array("80", "Georgia"),
new Array("81", "Germany"),
new Array("82", "Ghana"),
new Array("83", "Gibraltar"),
new Array("84", "Greece"),
new Array("85", "Greenland"),
new Array("86", "Grenada"),
new Array("87", "Guadeloupe"),
new Array("88", "Guam"),
new Array("89", "Guatemala"),
new Array("90", "Guinea"),
new Array("91", "Guinea-Bissau"),
new Array("92", "Guyana"),
new Array("93", "Haiti"),
new Array("94", "Heard and McDonald Islands"),
new Array("95", "Honduras"),
new Array("96", "Hong Kong"),
new Array("97", "Hungary"),
new Array("98", "Iceland"),
new Array("99", "India"),
new Array("100", "Indonesia"),
new Array("101", "Iran"),
new Array("102", "Iraq"),
new Array("103", "Ireland"),
new Array("104", "Israel"),
new Array("105", "Italy"),
new Array("106", "Jamaica"),
new Array("107", "Japan"),
new Array("108", "Jordan"),
new Array("109", "Kazakhstan"),
new Array("110", "Kenya"),
new Array("111", "Kiribati"),
new Array("112", "Korea, North"),
new Array("113", "Korea, South"),
new Array("114", "Kuwait"),
new Array("115", "Kyrgyzstan"),
new Array("116", "Laos"),
new Array("117", "Latvia"),
new Array("118", "Lebanon"),
new Array("119", "Lesotho"),
new Array("120", "Liberia"),
new Array("121", "Libyan Arab Jamahiriya"),
new Array("122", "Liechtenstein"),
new Array("123", "Lithuania"),
new Array("124", "Luxembourg"),
new Array("125", "Macau"),
new Array("126", "Macedonia"),
new Array("127", "Madagascar"),
new Array("128", "Malawi"),
new Array("129", "Malaysia"),
new Array("130", "Maldives"),
new Array("131", "Mali"),
new Array("132", "Malta"),
new Array("133", "Marshall Islands"),
new Array("134", "Martinique"),
new Array("135", "Mauritania"),
new Array("136", "Mauritius"),
new Array("137", "Mayotte"),
new Array("138", "Mexico"),
new Array("139", "Micronesia"),
new Array("140", "Moldova"),
new Array("141", "Monaco"),
new Array("142", "Mongolia"),
new Array("143", "Montserrat"),
new Array("144", "Morocco"),
new Array("145", "Mozambique"),
new Array("146", "Myanmar"),
new Array("147", "Namibia"),
new Array("148", "Nauru"),
new Array("149", "Nepal"),
new Array("150", "Netherlands"),
new Array("151", "Netherlands Antilles"),
new Array("152", "New Caledonia"),
new Array("153", "New Zealand"),
new Array("154", "Nicaragua"),
new Array("155", "Niger"),
new Array("156", "Nigeria"),
new Array("157", "Niue"),
new Array("158", "Norfolk Island"),
new Array("159", "Northern Mariana Islands"),
new Array("160", "Norway"),
new Array("161", "Oman"),
new Array("162", "Pakistan"),
new Array("163", "Palau"),
new Array("164", "Panama"),
new Array("165", "Papua New Guinea"),
new Array("166", "Paraguay"),
new Array("167", "Peru"),
new Array("168", "Philippines"),
new Array("169", "Pitcairn"),
new Array("170", "Poland"),
new Array("171", "Portugal"),
new Array("172", "Puerto Rico"),
new Array("173", "Qatar"),
new Array("174", "Reunion"),
new Array("175", "Romania"),
new Array("176", "Russia"),
new Array("177", "Rwanda"),
new Array("178", "Saint Kitts and Nevis"),
new Array("179", "Saint Lucia"),
new Array("180", "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"),
new Array("181", "Samoa"),
new Array("182", "San Marino"),
new Array("183", "Sao Tome and Principe"),
new Array("184", "Saudi Arabia"),
new Array("185", "Senegal"),
new Array("186", "Seychelles"),
new Array("187", "Sierra Leone"),
new Array("188", "Singapore"),
new Array("189", "Slovakia"),
new Array("190", "Slovenia"),
new Array("191", "Solomon Islands"),
new Array("192", "Somalia"),
new Array("193", "South Africa"),
new Array("194", "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands"),
new Array("195", "Spain"),
new Array("196", "Sri Lanka"),
new Array("197", "St. Helena"),
new Array("198", "St. Pierre and Miquelon"),
new Array("199", "Sudan"),
new Array("200", "Suriname"),
new Array("201", "Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands"),
new Array("202", "Swaziland"),
new Array("203", "Sweden"),
new Array("204", "Switzerland"),
new Array("205", "Syrian Arab Republic"),
new Array("206", "Taiwan"),
new Array("207", "Tajikistan"),
new Array("208", "Tanzania"),
new Array("209", "Thailand"),
new Array("210", "Togo"),
new Array("211", "Tokelau"),
new Array("212", "Tonga"),
new Array("213", "Trinidad and Tobago"),
new Array("214", "Tunisia"),
new Array("215", "Turkey"),
new Array("216", "Turkmenistan"),
new Array("217", "Turks and Caicos Islands"),
new Array("218", "Tuvalu"),
new Array("219", "Uganda"),
new Array("220", "Ukraine"),
new Array("221", "United Arab Emirates"),
new Array("222", "United Kingdom"),
new Array("224", "United States Minor Outlying Islands"),
new Array("223", "United States of America"),
new Array("225", "Uruguay"),
new Array("226", "Uzbekistan"),
new Array("227", "Vanuatu"),
new Array("228", "Vatican City State (Holy See)"),
new Array("229", "Venezuela"),
new Array("230", "Vietnam"),
new Array("231", "Virgin Islands (British)"),
new Array("232", "Virgin Islands (U.S.)"),
new Array("233", "Wallis and Futuna Islands"),
new Array("234", "Western Sahara"),
new Array("235", "Yemen"),
new Array("236", "Yugoslavia"),
new Array("237", "Zaire"),
new Array("238", "Zambia"),
new Array("239", "Zimbabwe")
);