Hi Dave, I'll look into it for my auto suggest custom tag: http://betterautosuggest.riaforge.org/
Should be possible but will have to wait until later this evening. Dominic On 09/04/2008, Dave Markle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Problem summary: If you write SQL in the bound autosuggest function like > this: > > WHERE d_name LIKE '%#srch#%' > > the coldfusion cfinput autosuggest function forces the result to START > WITH the search term, where the SQL is looking for containment of the search > string. So, for example, my query returns 10 matches, 6 start with the > search term and 4 contain the search term but not at the beginning. The > cfinput box only lists the 6 that start with the search term. This is > actually intended behavior by Coldfusion. > > p658 of the cf8 developers guide reads: > > "You do not have to limit the returned data to values that match the > cfautosuggestvalue contents, because the client-side code displays only the > values that match the user input." > > Why force a filter on the results when we can do it ourselves? Not good. > > The problem is that is Coldfusion failed to think to pass a parameter to > the YUI component AutoComplete. It's defined in > /CFIDE/scripts/ajax/yui/autocomplete/autocomplete-min.js. > > Search for this line: > YAHOO.widget.DataSource.prototype.queryMatchContains=false; > > Change the false to true. > > That fixes the problem. > > I'm not sure what other coldfusion functions use this component or what > unexpected side effects this change will introduce. > > However, this change allows the autosuggest feature to to function as it > should, where you have the control in your SQL of what results are displayed > in the dropdown. If you want the results to start with the search term, > then search for > > WHERE d_name LIKE '#srch#%' > > You could even return results totally unrelated to the searched term if > you wanted to. > > -Dave > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303062 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
