Check out this autocomplete plugin: http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-autocomplete/
The download includes a demo where a PHP file simulates a database with a big dataset. Jörn On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all, > > I've got a list of 2000+ names that need to be filtered via an > autocomplete method. > > I am wondering what is the best way to implement this? From what I can > see I can either do it via an ajax request to the server that queries > a database server side and returns a matching list, or via Javascript > I load an XML document client side and filter through that? > > Does anyone have any experiences with implementing this for a large > dataset? > > Many thanks > > Alex >
