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Replace a dropdown with prototype.

Lets say we have a dropdown, I want to remove all the current options, and place new ones in the dorpdown.

for example, the drop down says  a, b, c ... I wnat to change them to 1, 2, 3 .. how do I got about this using prototype?
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Check this out...the code is an image...but they have a prototype that creates a dropdown list.

http://jayandsilentrob.com/2006/07/31/web-20-tricks-with-prototype-creating-a-drop-down-list/
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if I do $('spanID').innerHTML = '<select><option>bla</option><select>' it works... but I need to leave the select alone... if I do, $('selectID').innerHTML = '<option>bla</option>' it does not work... any idea?
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save the attached code as test.html and try it:
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