// this is set to yes after all the variables have been loaded
				city_county_loaded = "no";
				city_page_load_first_run = "Y";
				county_page_load_first_run = "Y";
				useall = true;
				allfactor = 1;

				// when all the variables have been loaded via the external js file the city_county_loaded variable will be set to yes.
				// then we can move on

				function checkDataLoad(){
					if (city_county_loaded == "no"){
						setTimeout ("checkDataLoad();", 250);
					}else{
						stateToggle();
						updateCounties();
						updateCities();
					}
				}
				// Checks to see if state_list has more than one state - if not, disable the state dropdown
				function stateToggle() {
					if(document.searchForm.state.length == 1) {
						document.searchForm.state.disabled = true;
						document.searchForm.state.style.display = "none";
					}
				}
				// checks the current state (if one is defined) and populates the list of counties in the select box
				function updateCounties(){
					f = document.searchForm;
					// blank the select box
					RemoveAll(f.county);
					if (useall){
						AddToSelect(f.county,"- County -","");
					}
					// loop over the array of states, adding them to the dropdown
					if(counties.length > 0) {
						for (x=0; x<counties.length; x++){
							// a little test to make sure only the right counties show up if a state is chosen
							use_this_county = 1;
								chosen_state = f.state.options[f.state.selectedIndex].value;
								if(states[x] != chosen_state){
									use_this_county = 0;
								}
							// if the state matches, or if there is no state, add it to the select
							if(use_this_county == 1){
								AddToSelect(f.county,counties[x],counties[x]);
								//Set the Default County to selected if one is present
								 if (f.DefaultCounty.value.toLowerCase() == counties[x].toLowerCase())
								  {
									SelectOption(f.county, counties[x], true);
								  }
							}
						}
						// select the first one
						if(f.DefaultCounty.value == "")
						 {
						  f.county.selectedIndex=0;
						 }
					} else {
							// There are no counties, so disable the selection box
							f.county.disabled = true;
							f.county.style.display = "none";
					}
					if (county_page_load_first_run == "Y"){
						county_page_load_first_run = "N";
						if ("" != ''){
							SelectOption(f.county, "", "");
						}else if ("" != ''){
							SelectOption(f.county, "", "");
						}
					}else{
						// populate the city list
						//RemoveAll(f.chosencities);
						updateCities();
					}
				}
				// this function accepts a county name and returns the index of that county
				// frm within the js array that contains the city data
				function getCountyIndex(countyname){
					chosen_state = f.state.options[f.state.selectedIndex].value;
					for (x=0; x<counties.length; x++){
						if(counties[x] == countyname && states[x] == chosen_state){
							return(x);
						}
					}
				}
				// update the city dropdown according to chosen county or 'all' for a given state
				function updateCities(){
					// blank the dropdown
					RemoveAll(f.citylist);
					f.city.value = "";
					AddToSelect(f.citylist, "- City -", "");
					// get the county array index
					countySelectIndex = f.county.selectedIndex - allfactor;
					// less than zero if they chose 'all'
					if (countySelectIndex < 0){
						// now we choose which index points to the chosen state
						chosen_state = f.state.options[f.state.selectedIndex].value;
						chosen_state_index = listfind(state_list, chosen_state, ",");
						// loop over the state/city array and build the list
						if(chosen_state_index > 0){
							for (x=0; x<all_array[chosen_state_index].length; x++){
								AddToSelect(f.citylist, all_array[chosen_state_index][x], all_array[chosen_state_index][x]);
							}
						}else{
							// this will only happen if the admin puts a state in the list for a given market and there happen
							// to be no cities in the db that match.  this will be VERY rare, if ever.
							alert("No Cities in this state")
						}
					}else{
						// pull back the index for the chosen county
						countyIndex = getCountyIndex(f.county.options[f.county.selectedIndex].value)
						// loop over the county/city array and add to city 
						for (x=0; x<cities[countyIndex].length; x++){
							AddToSelect(f.citylist, cities[countyIndex][x], cities[countyIndex][x]);
						}
					}
				}
				var f;
				function listfind(thelist, thevalue, delim){
					if (! delim){
						delim = ",";
					}
					l = listlen(thelist, delim);
					listpos = -1;
					for (var x = 1; x < l; x++){
						listelement = listgetat(thelist,x,delim);
						if (listelement == thevalue){
							listpos = x;
							break;
						}
					}
					return listpos;
				}
				window.onload=checkDataLoad;