URGENT - PLEASE HELP: DROPDOWN BOX

[SP...@ixl.com]

Hi,

In my form bean I have the following code:
    private void setHmTitles()
    {
    	hmTitles.add( new LabelValueBean ("  ", 0) );
    	hmTitles.add( new LabelValueBean ("Mr.", 1) );
    	hmTitles.add( new LabelValueBean ("Mrs.", 2) );
	hmTitles.add( new LabelValueBean ("Ms.", 3) );
	hmTitles.add( new LabelValueBean ("Miss", 4) );
	hmTitles.add( new LabelValueBean ("Mr.and Mrs.", 5) );
	hmTitles.add( new LabelValueBean ("Dr.", 6) );
    }
where LabelValueBean is a name value pair class similar to the one struts
has.

In my jsp I have the following code:
<s:select property="selTitle" styleClass="frmfld">	
	<sl:iterate id="sp" name="registerForm" property="hmTitles">
		<sb:define id="val" name="sp" property="value" />
		<s:option value='<%=val.toString()%>'><sb:write name="sp"
property="label" /></s:option>
	</sl:iterate>
</s:select>

and the dropdown box displays all the values correctly except for the first
one. 
Since the first one is " " (which is supposed to show the title as blank) it
displays 0. 

What do I do to make it display a blank? I have tried &nbsp; and "''"  which
didn't work either.

Can you please help me as I am approaching deadline soon.

Sharmila Pandith
Software Engineer
iXL Inc.

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