Parsing HTML select/option text?

I'm trying to parse the <select><option> HTML
construct.  The source
text looks like this:
...
<select name="xyz">
   <option value="abc">def</option>
   <option selected
value="abc2">def2</option>
...
</select>

While I have an expression for parsing the <option>
values which
results in exactly what I'm after (i.e. correct group
layout):

<option.*(?<selected>selected.*)?value="(?<
abc>d+)">(?<def>.*)</option>

my attempts to ensure that it only processes the correct
<select> tag
are failing.  I have a tag that matches just the correct
<select> tag:

<select.*?name="xyz">(n|.)*</select>

when combined, this produces:

<select.*?name="xyz">s*n(?:.*<option.*(
?<selected>selected.*)?value="(?<abc>d+)&q
uot;>(?<def>.*)</option>(n|.)*?)*?</selec
t>

however, this RE produces a individual match for whole
<select> group,
and individual matched groups for "abc" and
"def" groups.  I need to
retain the relationship between the abc and def values.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!!!

J


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not clear which one of two is the target string to parse:

<option value="abc">def</option>

OR

   <option selected
value="abc2">def2</option> 

OR both?


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