Problems with drop down list disabling

I have two drop-down select lists in my form as well as a textarea box.

The problem I am having is that, one a user creates a record, the record is then updated by another group but what I want to do, is prevent the other group from updating both select lists as well as the textarea box. I have disabled these items but when the user attempts to submit the form again, it looks like these items are not being posted and looks like the values are NULL.

I am using jQuery:

   $('#DROP-DOWN1').attr("disabled", "disabled").addClass('itemDisabled');
   $('#DROP-DOWN1').attr("disabled", "disabled").addClass('itemDisabled');
   $('#TEXT-AREA').attr("disabled", "disabled").addClass('itemDisabled');

How I can p开发者_高级运维revent the user from modifying these items above but at the same time having the values posted?

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Nice problem!

Can you hide them instead of disabling? Set visiblity to false

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Another solution is to copy the values to an hidden input field. That one will get posted!

Work forward with this in mind: http://jsfiddle.net/uHQkx/

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Instead of disabled try readonly.