diff -Nur activeselect/activeselect.js activeselect.new/activeselect.js
--- activeselect/activeselect.js	2007-01-05 07:57:53.000000000 -0800
+++ activeselect.new/activeselect.js	2007-03-18 19:19:16.889657324 -0700
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     var extra = $('#' + index + '-activeselect-extra').val();
     var targets = $('#' + index + '-activeselect-targets').val();
     var input = $('#' + index).get(0);
-
     if (!asdb[uri]) {
       asdb[uri] = new Drupal.ASDB(uri, targets);
     }
@@ -138,6 +137,7 @@
       $(target).empty();
       var targetMatches = matches[matchesTarget]['options'];
       var maxWidth = 0;
+      var ind=0;
       for (currMatch in targetMatches) {
         var value = currMatch;
         var text = targetMatches[currMatch]['value'];
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
         // 'new Option()' used instead of appendChild(), because IE6 refuses to
         // display option text if the latter method is used (otherwise they seem
         // to behave the same).
-        $(this.targets[targetIndex]).append(new Option(text, value, false, selected));
+        this.targets[targetIndex].options[ind++]=new Option(text, value, false, selected);
         if (selected && !this.targets[targetIndex].multiple) {
           this.targets[targetIndex].selectedIndex = this.targets[targetIndex].options.length-1;
         }