"could not set the selected property" error in IE when manipulating SELECTs

[dalangalma]

Internet Explorer (6, at least), seems to have serious trouble manipulating SELECTS, especially setting the selected property. If I use jQuery to add options to an empty select and then set the selected value, I get the "could not set the selected property" error, which core-dumps IE.

Another report (w/ sample code): ​http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/2902a4393f93df52

More examples: ​http://www.google.com/search?q=%22could+not+set+the+selected+property%22+jquery&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

[zaadjis]

seems i posted a dupe #2252 (test case and patch attached), my bad.