[jQuery] setting an attribute... I *thought* this was how to do it...

[jQuery] setting an attribute... I *thought* this was how to do it...

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<font size="-1"><font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">Hi folks,
I've got another simple question. Is this not how you set an element's
attribute?
[from inside an .each()]
$(this).attr("AttributeName", "Value");
I thought that worked... I thought it had worked for me in the past.
Is there any reason that this wouldn't work:
var i = 1;
$("div.OrderEntryListRow").not(".Selected").each(function(){
    alert("before: " + $(this).attr("ID"));
    $(this).attr("ID", "Row_" + i);
    alert("after: " + $(this).attr("ID"));
    i++;
});
In this sample code above, the before and after alerts are identical.
Is there something else I'm missing?
I think I've got the above idea correct, but wanted to get some
different eyes to look at it with me.
Thanks,
Chris
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