[jQuery] Select Menu help!!

[jQuery] Select Menu help!!


This works perfectly in Firefox and Safari but in both IE 6 and 7 I
cannot get my includes to display... any suggestions? I have not found
any better solutions to accomplish using a drop down menu to display
an html message.
<script type="text/javascript">
    var message = new Array();
    message[1] = "<!-- #include file ="global/include-test.asp" -->";
    message[2] = "You have selected the second item";
    message[3] = "You have selected the last item";
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $("#message_display2").html("<!-- #include file ="global/include-
test.asp" -->");
        $("#item_select").change(function()
        {
            var message_index
            message_index = $("#item_select").val();
            $("#message_display").empty();
            if (message_index > 0)
                $("#message_display").append(message[message_index]);
        });
    });
    </script>
<select name="select" id="item_select">
<option value="1">Item 1</option>
<option value="2" >Item 2</option>
<option value="3">Item 3</option>
</select>
<div id="message_display"></div