Use JQUERY/JSON to auto fill select dropdown boxes

Question

OK I spent spent a lot of time looking over examples but can\'t find one which helps me enough for my situation. I have a JSON file, simplified for this example:

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Answer 1

Try something like this. You should really have a value property for your options. I added a data-id attr to the options so I can use that to store the index of Position.

$.each(data.Company, function(i, v) {
    // create option with value as index - makes it easier to access on change
    var options = $('', {value: v.Position, text: v.Position}).attr('data-id',i);    
    // append the options to job selectbox
    $('#job').append(options);
});

// bind change event
$('#job').change(function() {
    // cache this
    var $el = $(this);
    // get data-id attr from selected option
    var id = $('option:selected',this).data('id');
    // empty select
    $('#name').empty();
    // get name values for selected option
    $.each(data.Company[id].Name, function(i, v) {
        // create option elements
        var options = $('', {value: v, text: v});
        // append the options to name selectbox
        $('#name').append(options);
    });    
}).change();// trigger change() on page load to fill name selectbox​

http://jsfiddle.net/wirey00/xYX8z/