i mean, i wanted to retrieve the '$id' and '$name' from database (phpMyadmin) and append those values to my option tag using jQuery. i want the '$id' as the option value and the '$name' as option text. please if any kind hearten people out there, help me out..
Its Easy
HTML
Following is Your select tag
<select id="SelectTest">
</select>
Script
Suppose following is success function of your ajax call
success: function(data) {
$('#SelectTest').empty();
var InnerElement='';
if(data.d.length>0)
{
$.each(data.d,function(i,Info){
InnerElement+='<option value="'+Info.id+'">'+Info.name+'</option>'
});
$('#SelectTest').append(InnerElement);
}
}