Fill dropdown list with json

Question

I have SQLite table with columns id and name. I return array of those rows like json from autocomplete.php page. How to fill select with options ( drop down list ) with this

Answer 1

HTML:

JavaScript:

$(function() {
    var data = [
        {
        "id": "1",
        "name": "test1"},
    {
        "id": "2",
        "name": "test2"}
    ];
    $.each(data, function(i, option) {
        $('#sel').append($('').attr("value", option.id).text(option.name));
    });
})

Here's a working example. http://jsfiddle.net/ms2Ma/