Module development and code questions

Hello ,

I am putting together a contest module which allows administrators to dynamically generate contest forms .I have

I am experiencing the following problem..

1. When an administrator selects a contest from a select box it does not auto populate a select box of contestants
2. The contest selected is not shown after the form is submitted
3. Curiously it is not showing the fieldset for the page.

When you look at the $form after the form is posted you can see that the $form is constructed correctly , so it looks as though the $POST is cancelled and the page is simply loaded again.

Here is the form for the page ...

function _admin_sfx_contest_edit_form_3() {

$contests = _sfx_contests_get_contests($live='Y') ;
$default_value = ( $_POST['sfx_contest_id'] && ($_POST['sfx_activity'] == 'DEACTIVATE_CONTESTANT') ) ? $_POST['sfx_contest_id'] : 0 ;

$form['sfx-contest-edit-deactivate-contestant'] = array(
'#type' => 'fieldset',
'#title' => t('Deactivate a contestants entry'),

'#collapsible' => TRUE,
'#collapsed' => FALSE
);

$form['sfx-contest-edit-deactivate-contestant']['sfx_contest_id'] = array(
'#type' => 'select',
'#options' => $contests,
'#default_value' => $default_value ,
'#attributes' => array('onchange' => 'this.form.submit()' ),
'#DANGEROUS_SKIP_CHECK' => TRUE,

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Martin

I'm new to Drupal (though an experienced programmer) and don't yet know where things are supposed to live. I'm going to be writing a whole load of new modules, many of which require static lists of data. e.g. as values in a select list.
It's bad practice to hard code those static lists - I want to have them in a database table so that, if necessary, I can add extra values at a later date without recoding my modules, and also to disable items that I no longer want the user to see.

Hi there. I'm new to Drupal so be nice!

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Any pointers appreciated.

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