Ok. I figured it out. It is a race issue. I needed to wait for the data to
load. I did not realize that load() had a callback.
Solution:
$("#province").load("/async/async_provinces.lasso?cc=" + val,
function() {$("#province").val(provincecode);});
Thanks
Steffan
---------------------------------------------------------------
T E L 6 0 2 . 7 9 3 . 0 0 1 4 | F A X 6 0 2 . 9 7 1 . 1 6 9 4
Steffan A. Cline
stef...@execuchoice.net Phoenix, Az
http://www.ExecuChoice.net USA
AIM : SteffanC ICQ : 57234309
YAHOO : Steffan_Cline MSN : stef...@hldns.com
GOOGLE: Steffan.Cline Lasso Partner Alliance Member
---------------------------------------------------------------
> From: Steffan Cline <stef...@hldns.com>
> Reply-To: <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:42:15 -0700
> To: "jquery-en@googlegroups.com" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: [jQuery] Dynamic Selects
>
> I am wondering if I'm missing something in my code.
>
> I have a <select> that is populated via
> $("#mySelect").load("something.html"). This page of course returns a bunch
> of <option value="xx">XXXXX</option>. I have verified that the code is
> populated correctly via viewing the source.
>
> After the .load() I try to set the selected value via .val("something").
>
> The option I am trying to select is there. It's as if the .val(xxx) does not
> work on a select that is populated this way. Is there something I am
> missing? There has to be a work around.
>
> Suggestions?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Steffan
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> T E L 6 0 2 . 7 9 3 . 0 0 1 4 | F A X 6 0 2 . 9 7 1 . 1 6 9 4
> Steffan A. Cline
> stef...@execuchoice.net Phoenix, Az
> http://www.ExecuChoice.net USA
> AIM : SteffanC ICQ : 57234309
> YAHOO : Steffan_Cline MSN : stef...@hldns.com
> GOOGLE: Steffan.Cline Lasso Partner Alliance Member
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
