Question

Which is the preferable method of populating a <select> dropdown through one of jQuery’s $.ajax() methods? Is there is a significant performance benefit with either method?

1. Return the new <option>s as JSON and use $.each() to add them as <options> to a string, and then use $.html() to populate the <select>
2. Generate the HTML on the server side in the AJAX script, and just $.load() the HTML into the <select>

Answer 1

I think the fastest way i the append function : http://api.jquery.com/append/