$().ready(function() {
  $(".changeState").live("change", function() {
    var country = $(this).val();
    var thisField = $(this).attr("id");
    var stateField = $(this).attr("rel");
    var state = $("[id='"+stateField+"']").val();

    if (country=="US"||country=="CA"||country=="IE") {      
      $.getJSON("options.php",
        {f: (country=="US"?"us_states":(country=="CA"?"ca_provinces":(country=="IE"?"irish_states":""))) },
        function(j){        
          var options = "";
          for (var i = 0; i < j.length; i++) {
            options += "<option value=\"" + j[i].optionValue + "\"" + (j[i].optionValue==state?" selected=\"selected\"":"")+">" + j[i].optionDisplay + "</option>";
          }          
		  $("[id='"+stateField+"']").html(options);
      });
	  
      $("[id='"+stateField+"']").addClass("required");
      $("[id='span_sel_"+stateField+"']").show();
      $("[id='span_sel_"+stateField+"_other']").hide();      
    } else {	
      $("[id='"+stateField+"']").removeClass("required");
      $("[id='span_sel_"+stateField+"']").hide();
      $("[id='span_sel_"+stateField+"_other']").show();
    }
    //$("#span_"+stateField).html((country=="US"||country=="IE"?"State *":(country=="CA"?"Province *":"State")));
  });
});