title: How do I add an option to a dropdown list using jQuery?
body: <p>I'm trying to use the following code to add an option to a dropdown list in ASP.NET. Any ideas why this doesn't work? I tried Googling but can't figure out why this won't work.</p>
  
  <p>What shoud the code do? I have an ASP.NET dropdown list. I want to access the dropdown list by name and add an item to the list. The item should have descriptive text of "Some Text" and a value of "123".</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>
  
  <pre><code>$("#ddlCategory").append($("&lt;option&gt;Some Text&lt;/option&gt;").val(1).html("123"));
  </code></pre>