how to change the value in the html tag using jquery
<p>I want to change the param value of the applet tag based on the value from the dropdown.
I am new to jquery .can someone tell me how can i do it using jquery . </p>

<p>My applet code :</p>

<pre><code>&lt;applet id="decisiontree" code="com.vaannila.utility.dynamicTreeApplet.class" archive="./appletjars/dynamictree.jar, ./appletjars/prefuse.jar" width ="1000" height="500" &gt;
 &lt;param name="dieasenmae" value="Malaria"/&gt;
 &lt;/applet&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>My dropdownc code :</p>

<pre><code>&lt;html:select name="AuthoringForm" property="disease_name" size="1" onchange="javascript:showSelected(this.value)"&gt;
&lt;option&gt;Malaria&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option&gt;High Fever&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option&gt;Cholera&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;/html:select&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>javascript:</p>

<pre><code>function showSelected(value){
alert("the value given from dropdown is "+value);   
$("#decisiontree param[name='dieasenmae']").val(value); 
}
</code></pre>
