How to set the 'selected option' of a select dropdown list with jquery

Question

I have the following jquery function:

$.post(\'GetSalesRepfromCustomer\', {
    data: selectedObj.value
}, function (result) {
    alert(result[0]);
    $(\'sele         


        

Answer 1

The match between .val('Bruce jones') and value="Bruce Jones" is case-sensitive. It looks like you're capitalizing Jones in one but not the other. Either track down where the difference comes from, use id's instead of the name, or call .toLowerCase() on both.