I guess you can call the 'show' method yourself, anyway.
http://jsfiddle.net/7Wv5h/40/ [updated]
JS:
$('#your-select').on('change', function (e) {
$('#the-tab li a').eq($(this).val()).tab('show');
});
HTML:
<form>
<select id='mySelect'>
<option value='0'>Home</option>
<option value='1'>Profile</option>
<option value='2'>Messages</option>
<option value='3'>Settings</option>
</select>
</form>
<ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="myTab">
<li class="active"><a href="#home">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#profile">Profile</a></li>
<li><a href="#messages">Messages</a></li>
<li><a href="#settings">Settings</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane active" id="home">Home content</div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="profile">Profile content</div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="messages">Messages content</div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="settings">Settings content</div>
</div>
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