Mmm weird, maybe its some of the other JS code in the page then - will see if I can debug. Thanks anyway :)
On Dec 11, 4:03 pm, "T.J. Simmons" <theimmortal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you tried putting the numeric value in quotes? It works fine like > that.. here's a link so you can see. > > http://jsbin.com/iqiru > > Hope that helps. > > - T.J. > > On Dec 11, 9:59 am, youradds <andy.ne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to make a bit of code, which will auto-select a value from > > a SELECT box. Here is the example code: > > > <select style="display: inline;" id="catid2" > > name="catid2"><option > > value="">-- select --</option><option value="136187">Alberta</ > > option><option value="136200">British Columbia</option><option > > value="136229">Manitoba</option><option value="136259">Newfoundland > > and Labrador</option><option value="136247">New Brunswick</ > > option><option value="136266">Nova Scotia</option><option > > value="136272">Ontario</option><option value="136303">Prince Edward > > Island</option><option value="136306">Quebec</option><option > > value="136329">Saskatchewan</option></select> > > I've tried: > > > $('#catid2').val(136200) > > > ..as well as: > > > $('#catid2').val('British Columbia') > > > ... but neither seem to work. > > > Anyone got any suggestions? > > > TIA! > > > Andy > >