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$().ready(function() are interchangeable. that's not what's throwing the error. This line is: $("#selectbox").val("value"); On Oct 13, 5:36 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote: > The line is: > > $(document).ready(function(){ > > On Oct 13, 2:08 pm, Daniel Murker <dmur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I've come across an issue where doing something along the lines of > > > $().ready(function(){ > > $("#selectbox").val("value"); > > > }); > > > Throws the following error in IE6 > > > Could not set the Selected Property: Unspecified Error. > > > $("#selectbox") referrs to the following html. > > > <select id="selectbox"> > > <option value="default">Default</default> > > <option value="value">TEST</option> > > </select> > > > Anyone know a way around this?