You're binding the autocomplete on keyup, which binds another keyup event - every time. Remove your inline event handler and initialize the autocomplete just once on document ready.
Jörn On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 4:52 PM, kreiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Following the documentation, it seems I'm doing it correctly...I'm > getting data back from my database, but I just have to click out of > the textbox first before I see the data, other than that it works > great. > > Jörn Zaefferer wrote: >> Please take a look at the examples here: >> http://dev.jquery.com/view/trunk/plugins/autocomplete/demo/ >> >> The "remote" examples are based on PHP, but still show the essential >> stuff. You've got it all mixed up. >> >> Jörn >> >> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:57 PM, kreiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > I'm close to getting the autocomplete to finally work...but..... >> > >> > First of all, I'm using Java / .jsp to query a database for results >> > >> > I'm sending the url to my servlet, my servlet passes the data back to >> > the .jsp page....Nothing appears in my dropdown UNLESS I use my mouse, >> > click outside of the textbox and then click back into it. Then the >> > autocomplete works great and displays the data from the database >> > >> > I've tried IE, Opera, Firefox and everyone of them requires me to >> > start typing in the text box, click out, click back in then the >> > autocomplete displays. >> > >> > Is this a bug or am I'm doing something wrong. >> > >> > I've read something in this form about a guy wanting to know if there >> > was a "reinitialize" function that could be called in the javascript >> > once the data was brought back from the servlet...I didn't see a >> > solutions, but think maybe this is what I need. >> > >> > Here is sample code: >> > >> > //JavaScript Code >> > function getNames() >> > { >> > $("#name").autocomplete("employeedirectory?command=ajax&q=" + >> > document.forms[0].test.value + "& limit=10"); >> > } >> > >> > //HTML >> > Name: >> > <input type="text" id="name" onkeyup="getNames() >> > >> > Thanks in advance >> > >> > >> > >> > >
