Ah yeah, sorry I didn't pay enough attention there :p
On Jan 14, 1:37 pm, "jQuery Lover" <ilovejqu...@gmail.com> wrote: > *type: $jQ("#country_id").val(my_value); > > ------------- > Read jQuery HowTo Resource - http://jquery-howto.blogspot.com > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Beres Botond <boton...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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