It seems you don't know what .select() should be used for. It has
absolutely nothing to do with selecting and option of a select box.
Read the docs carefully.
http://docs.jquery.com/Events/select
Try this instead (assuming that #country_id is a select box):
$jQ("#country_id]").value(my_value)
ocptime wrote:
> Hello There,
>
> I want to dynamically add a select option to an existing select
> dropdown when a new country is added. This i was able to do using:
>
> $jQ("#country_id option[value='new']").before("<option value='" +
> value + "'>"+ name + "</option>");
>
> After that i want to get selected the just now appended country option
> and must change from the "--New Country--" . For that i used the select
> () as below:
>
> $jQ("#country_id option[value='" + value + "']").select();
>
> This seems to be not working.
>
> Even if i put a static value this is not changing:
>
> $jQ("#country_id option[value='144']").select();
>
> Any pointers ?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Regards
> ocptime
