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

Your code $("#Type").remove(); removes the select object not its options. The correct way of removing options is:

$("#Type option").remove();

or

$("#Type").html('');

The second solution seems to be better as stated here: How to remove options from select element without memory leak?

There is also an error in the part that adds new options. Your javascript code should be:

var brandName = $("#Brand").val();

$.get("updateTypes.php?q="+brandName, function(data) {

    $("#Type option").remove();
    var typeData = JSON.parse(data);

    for (loop=0; loop < typeData.length; loop++) {
        $("#Type").get(0).options.add(new Option(typeData[loop]));
    }
});

The $('#Type').get(0) method refers to the raw DOM object which has the "options" property that you wanted to use (How to get a DOM Element from a JQuery Selector)