Test case for jQuery Ticket 7821
serialize
by jitter
HTML
<form action="#">
<div><input type="text" name="a" value="1" id="a" /></div>
<div>
<select name="e">
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6" selected="selected">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
</select>
</div>
</form>
JavaScript
$("select[name='e']").val("7");
alert( $("form").serialize() );