Logical Switch for Formatting XML to HTML Display

I need to loop through a set of elements and display only those based on certain criteria. This is no problem except that I can't figure out how to flip a switch that indicates wether it is the first /last time through to properly display the html formatting.

Ok here is a snippet of my xml:

<!-- ============ Notes used =========== -->
<notes>
<note id="1" discipline="law">
<desc_long>#1 If the incident were Law Enforcement only, a seventh activity, a Staging Area, would be added. Also, if Law Enforcement only, each activity would have its own independent Chief/Officer.</desc_long>
</note>
<note id="2" discipline="law">
<desc_long>#2 If the incident were Law Enforcement only, a seventh activity, a Staging Area, would be added. Also, if Law Enforcement only, each activity would have its own independent Chief/Officer.</desc_long>
</note>
</notes>


And here is a portion of my XSL:

<!-- ============ XSL used =========== -->

<xsl:template match="note">
<xsl:for-each select="../../notes/note">
<xsl:if test="(@discipline='all') or (@discipline=$discipline)">
<xsl:call-template name="notesource"/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="notesource">
<xsl:if test="$mblnFoundNote='False'"> <!-- ONLY WRITE THIS IF IT'S THE FIRST TIME THROUGH -->
<xsl:with-param name="mblnFoundNote" select="'True'"/>
<div class="content">
<h1>Notes: </h1>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td height="35">
<ol>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="(@discipline='all') or (@discipline=$discipline)">
<span class="res">
<li>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>

</li>
</span>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="$mblnFoundNote='True'"> <!-- ONLY WRITE THIS IF IT'S THE LAST TIME THROUGH -->
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</xsl:if>

</xsl:template>

I think the best solution is to do the stuff you only want done once outside of the for-each loop in your note template. If you need to only output if there are notes, make a template that tries to match (@discipline='all') or (@discipline=$discipline) before and after the for-each loop.

echolalia - yes but how do you do that with only portions of the html. I bellieve it fails the wellformdness check. to do the following:

I added what i could. I hope it gives you enough to see what I am attempting. I also put a screen shot of where it goes and what i was expecting. Let me know if that makes sense.

woops here is the attachment