jquery populate select list
<p>I have this in my htm file</p>

<pre><code>    &lt;select id="SelItem"&gt;

    &lt;/select&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Within my javascript file I have a section for jquery I have the following</p>

<pre><code>     var itemval= '&lt;option value="OT"&gt;OT&lt;/option&gt;';

     $("#SelItem").html(itemval);
</code></pre>

<p>Wouldn't the following populate my drop down with OT?
It does not populate anything in the drop down</p>
