I have two drop down menus.
Markup
Javascript
function selectCountry()
{
var asset = document.getElementById('asset_id');
var assetText = asset.options[asset.selectedIndex].text;
var country_id = document.getElementById('country_id');
if(assetText.toLowerCase().indexOf('spanish') > -1)
country_id.value = 12; //spain
else if(assetText.toLowerCase().indexOf('german') > -1)
country_id.value = 14; //germany
else if(assetText.toLowerCase().indexOf('english') > -1)
country_id.value = 11; //england
else if(assetText.toLowerCase().indexOf('french') > -1)
country_id.value = 13; //france
}