jquery sort select options by text
function alphabetizeList() {
var sel = $(listField);
var selected = sel.val(); // cache selected value, before reordering
var opts_list = sel.find('option');
opts_list.sort(function (a, b) {
return $(a).text() > $(b).text() ? 1 : -1;
});
sel.html('').append(opts_list);
sel.val(selected); // set cached selected value
}
alphabetizeList('#FIELDID');