chaging value of drop down menu on select

[ashutoash]

I am using jquery .change function to perform an operation when a month is selected from a drop down menu. The change works but I am unable to update the value of the drop down menu with the updated month. My drop down shows the starting value as default even on change. Can anyone help. Following is the code snippet that does change and then the drop down menu form.

 

$("#monthName").change(function()
{
	alert($("#monthName").val());
	if ($("#post").val() == 1)
	{
		$("#monthselect").submit();
	}
});

 

                   <form id="monthselect" action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="get">
                        <input id="post" type="hidden" name="post" value="1">
                        <label>SELECT MONTH</label>
                        <select id="monthName" name="monthName">
                        	                             
                                <option value="January">January</option>
                                <option value="February">February</option>
                                <option value="March">March</option>
                                <option value="April">April</option>
                                <option value="May">May</option>
                                <option value="June">June</option>
                                <option value="July">July</option>
                                <option value="August">August</option>
                                <option value="September">September</option>
                                <option value="October">October</option>
                                <option value="November">November</option>
                                <option value="December">December</option>

                        </select>
                    </form>

 

Even after the change, January shows up by default even if I select say June or July. I tried something like following but did not work.

 

$("#monthName option[value=" + $("#monthName").val() +"]").attr("selected","selected") ;

[the182guy]

To change the value programatically you pass in the desired value to .val(myValue), that will then show the corresponding item in the dropdown.

[ashutoash]

@the182guy....can you share an example?