Selecting option in a list not working in IE

Question

I'm trying to set an option in a list as selected, but the following code is not working in IE8 (works in FF). Does anybody know why (or know a workaround)?

$('select option[value="'+image+'"]').attr('selected', 'selected');

Answer 1

Which version of jQuery do you use in your project?

I think from 1.6 on, you should be able to do

$('#my_select').val('some_value');

EDIT: As @ThiefMaster pointed out, this is not version dependent:

http://jsfiddle.net/bscJ2/