Access select using div/span id

Question

In jquery is it possible to access a select element by simply using the div or span id plus the "select" selector? I ask because i have a series of auto-generated forms meaning I can't assign an id to the form elements plus the names are weird like "w24", I'd like to access a form element specifically a select using the surrounding span id and "select" selector example:

$("#hiv_care select").attr("disabled",true);

I've tried this but it doesn't work, forcing me to explicitly use the dropdown name.

Answer 1

Your code should work fine.

Please show us your HTML.

Answer 2

Seems I was using the wrong div id. SLaks thanks for the link to jsfiddle.net it exposed my ways and is really helping me with testing out my jquery code.