title: Jquery Disable option in dropdown
body: <p>Guys i have used the following code to disable an option  using jQuery (<strong>jquery-1.4.2.min</strong>).The disable happens in Firefox , but not in IE.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;SELECT NAME="SCOPE" id="SCOPE"&gt;  
   &lt;OPTION VALUE="G"&gt; Global
   &lt;OPTION VALUE="D"&gt; Dynamic  
  &lt;/SELECT&gt;
  
  
   $("#SCOPE option[value='G']").attr("disabled","disabled");
   $("#SCOPE option[value='D']").attr("selected", "selected");
  </code></pre>