diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/Control.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/Control.pm
index b105bd210..ddea9a2cf 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/Control.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/Control.pm
@@ -367,24 +367,18 @@ sub fixTags {
 
 =head2 getValueFromPost ( )
 
-Retrieves a value from a form GET or POST and returns it. If the value
-comes back as undef, this method will return the defaultValue instead.
-It also handles return data in list or scalar contexts.  If a Form
-field that supports multiple select requests its values in scalar
-context, it will return a newline "\n" separated scalar.
+Retrieves a value from a form GET or POST and returns it. If the value comes back as undef, this method will return the defaultValue instead.
 
 =cut
 
 sub getValueFromPost {
 	my $self = shift;
-	my @formValues = $session{req}->param($self->{name});
-	return undef if ($formValues[0] eq "");
-	unless (@formValues) {
-		@formValues = (ref $self->{defaultValue} eq "ARRAY")
-				? @{$self->{defaultValue} }
-				: ( $self->{defaultValue} );
+	my $formValue = $session{req}->param($self->{name});
+	if (defined $formValue) {
+		return $formValue;
+	} else {
+		return $self->{defaultValue};
 	}
-        return wantarray ? @formValues : join("\n",@formValues);
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/List.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/List.pm
index 531e4b30d..88d9a4eea 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/List.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/List.pm
@@ -183,6 +183,20 @@ sub displayValue {
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+=head2 getValueFromPost ( )
+
+Returns an array or a carriage return ("\n") separated scalar depending upon whether you're returning the values into an array or a scalar.
+
+=cut
+
+sub getValueFromPost {
+	my $self = shift;
+	my @data = $session{req}->param($self->{name});
+        return wantarray ? @data : join("\n",@data);
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 =head2 getValues ( )
 
 Safely handle returning values whether the stored data is scalar or an array
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/SelectBox.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/SelectBox.pm
index 69b75ee49..d9102763e 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/SelectBox.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/SelectBox.pm
@@ -86,6 +86,24 @@ sub definition {
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+=head2 getValueFromPost ( )
+
+Retrieves a value from a form GET or POST and returns it. If the value comes back as undef, this method will return the defaultValue instead.  Note, this is exactly the same method as used by Control since SelectBoxes only support a single value.
+
+=cut
+
+sub getValueFromPost {
+	my $self = shift;
+	my $formValue = $session{req}->param($self->{name});
+	if (defined $formValue) {
+		return $formValue;
+	} else {
+		return $self->{defaultValue};
+	}
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 =head2 toHtml ( )
 
 Renders a select list form control.