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
