Drupal preprocess function for use a more recent version of jQuery in Drupal (without jQuery Update) (http://chipcullen.com/how-to-use-a-more-recent-version-of-jquery-in-drupal)

Drupal preprocess function for use a more recent version of jQuery in Drupal (without jQuery Update).php

function THEMENAME_js_alter(&$javascript) {
  $javascript['misc/jquery.js']['data'] = drupal_get_path('theme', 'THEMENAME') .
'/javascripts/jquery-1.7.2.min.js';

  $javascript['misc/jquery.js']['version'] = '1.7.2';
}