[jQuery] select() not working

[ocptime]

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