Updating list of <select> options using jquery and ajax

Question

I am trying to make an html select list of options update according to a selection made on a prior html select object. My jquery is below. This is being called correctly.

Answer 1

You can use $.getJSON if your expecting a json response. You might also be able to use $.each() and then simply .append() to the select tag. You can reference this.property inside the .each().

Something like the following:

$.getJSON("updateTypes.php?q="+brandName, function(data) {
    $("#Type").html('');
    $.each(data, function(){
        $("#Type").append(''+ this.name +'')
    )
})

This would assume your json response is something like the following:

[ { name : "foo", value : "bar" }, { name : "another", value : "example" } ]