auto completion

[Shankar Arumugam]

Hi,
My task is when a name is entered in a text field to get all the names from the database and it should be displayed under the text field ... which is similar to auto complete .

Help me out to complete the task.

[Eric Pascarello]

Have you tried to use one of the many Ajax tutorials out there on sending data to the server and retrieving it?

Eric

[Paul Michael]

I suggest you checkout DOJO, it's one of the easiest AJAX scripts I've seen so far.

[rajani v]

Originally posted by Shankar Arumugam:
Hi,
My task is when a name is entered in a text field to get all the names from the database and it should be displayed under the text field ... which is similar to auto complete .

Help me out to complete the task.

[Santoshkumar Jeevan Pawar]

Easiest solution for this is to send ajax request to server by putting onkeyup event and collect response data and display it below test field.

if you want ajax code snippet for this then i can send you.

Thank You.
Have a Nice Time.

-Santosh

[Shankar Arumugam]

i like to use ajax tags for that one...

[Katrina Owen]

I must admit that I have never heard of Ajax tags.

Ajax is a name given to a collection of technologies which work very nicely together - usually HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and most often implies sending requests to a server asynchronously ("behind the scenes") without reloading the entire page.

In order to accomplish what you are describing, you will need to ask your database for some information behind the scenes, and then make sure that you have the ability to get the response back.

This usually entails writing a server side script which your javascript calls when 'something happens', and then that server side script does the heavy lifting, sending back only the information that you asked for.

You then use javascript to insert that information into the page.

I would suggest reading some tutorials on the subject rather than copying and pasting code, as it can get pretty confusing if you don't understand the basics of what is going on - and therefore incredibly difficult to troubleshoot and debug.
[ July 16, 2008: Message edited by: Katrina Owen ]

[Bear Bibeault]

"rajani v", please check your private messages for an important administrative matter.