How to get the selected value from a asp:DropdownList using jQuery
<p>I have the following code and it gives me the text but not the value. What is wrong and how do I fix it?</p>

<pre><code> function pageLoad() {
       $('#&lt;%=dpEmploymentStatus.ClientID%&gt;').change(function() {

       alert($('#&lt;%=dpEmploymentStatus.ClientID%&gt;' + ' option:selected').text());


       }).change();
   }
</code></pre>
