SyntaxError (code: 12; nsresult: 0x3053000c) possibly with $('#id option.select').text()

SyntaxError (code: 12; nsresult: 0x3053000c) possibly with $('#id option.select').text()

I've got a change handler in which the line 6 (t = $('#Club...)) seems to be causing a problem for which I would dearly appreciate assistance and/or advice. I believe this line to be the cause because the problem disappears when I remove it. With it in place, I get the first two alerts and then the error notice.

  1.         clubSelectChangeHandler = function () {
  2.             var v, t
  3.             alert( '001 - Entering clubSelectChangeHandler')
  4.             v = $('#ClubSelectRestrictor').val()
  5.             alert( '002 - after v =')
  6.             t = $('#ClubSelectRestrictor option:selected').text()
  7.            
  8.             alert( '003 - v= ' + v + '; t= ' + t + '.')
  9.          /* various */
  10.         }
I do need something like what that line should do for me (getting the text of the selected option), though I certainly do not insist that I get the text in precisely that way.

Interestingly, if I just tell firebug to continue, it does, and everything seems to be working just fine.

Jquery include (from earlier in this page):
  1.     <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

The error code (full text a bit below) says it's on line 1275 of jquery-1.10.2.js, which is the line about newContext below:

  1.             if ( newSelector ) {
  2.                 try {
  3.                     push.apply( results,
  4.                         newContext.querySelectorAll( newSelector )
  5.                     );
  6.                     return results;
  7.                 } catch(qsaError) {
  8.                 } finally {
  9.                     if ( !old ) {
  10.                         context.removeAttribute("id");
  11.                     }
  12.                 }

Here is the full text of the error as it shows in firebug.



[Exception... "An invalid or illegal string was specified"  code: "12" nsresult: "0x8053000c (SyntaxError)"  location: "<unknown>"]

Line 1275


I got the idea to use this syntax (with option:selected) from the jQuery FAQs, so I suppose it ought to work. I'd be delighted to provide more detail if need be.