xsl loop for display in drop-down box

["Seema Ramanathan" <sramanathan at dreamlot dot com>]

Hi

 

I have the following XML tag:

<TITLE>

<FIRST>Something</FIRST>

<FIRST>Everything</FIRST>

<FIRST Selected="Nothing"></FIRST>

</TITLE>

 

I want my XSL to display a drop down box with the first option to be the selected one - that is "Nothing" followed by the others (Something and Everything).

 

Here is the XSL i use:

<select name="FIRST">

<xsl:variable name="tmp"><xsl:value-of select="FIRST/@SELECTED"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:if test="(normalize($tmp)=true())">
<option><xsl:value-of select="($tmp)"/></option>
<xsl:for-each select="MODEL">
<option><xsl:value-of select="."/></option>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:if>
</select>

 

When i use the above XSL loop I get a drop down with "Nothing" displayed followed by "Something", "Everything" and another blank option. How do i get rid of the blank? I realize its coming from this line "

<FIRST Selected="Nothing"></FIRST>".

 

Is there any way i can ignore it?

 

Any help??? Please and TIA

 

Seema