haz esto
<select name='status' id='status'>
<option value=''>--Select--</option>
<option value='0'>Approve</option>
<option value='1'>Reject</option>
<option value='2'>Pending</option>
</select>
<div id="autosavenotify"></div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('select').live('change',function () {
var statusVal = $(this).val();
alert(statusVal);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "saveStatus.php",
data: {statusType : statusVal },
success: function(msg) {
$('#autosavenotify').text(msg);
}
})
});
});
</script>
en saveStatus.php
haz tu actualización de mysql
<?php
$st=$_POST['statusType'];
$qry =" UPDATE tableName SET `tablefield`=$st .. ";
$done = mysql_query($qry);
if($done)
{
echo "Saved Successfully";
}
?>