title: How to set the default value of a select box using JQuery in IE9?
body: <p>I have the following select box.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;select id="selId"&gt;
       &lt;option id='1' value='1'&gt;1&lt;/option&gt;
       &lt;option id='2' value='2'&gt;2&lt;/option&gt;
       &lt;option id='3' value='3'&gt;3&lt;/option&gt;
       &lt;option id='4' value='4'&gt;4&lt;/option&gt;
       &lt;option id='5' value='5'&gt;5&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;/select&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In jquery I am doing the following to select the value 2 in the select box.:</p>
  
  <pre><code>...
  $("select#selId").find("option#2").attr("selected", "selected");
  ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The same code sets the value of 2 in the select box in IE8 and Firefox.
  But its not working in IE9. </p>
  
  <p>I am using JQuery 1.6.1 version</p>