Look:
$(function() {
$("#name").autocomplete("someurl");
});
That does nothing but bind a few event handlers. It doesn't create DOM
elements, nor does it load any records.
As soon as the user starts typing, the keyup-event-handler loads some
data via ajax - how many rows are returned is up to your serverside.
It then creates the necessary DOM elements to show the result list and
adds event handlers to that (for keyboard navigation etc.).
I hope that gives you a better idea how it works.
Jörn
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:22 PM, kreiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> First of all...thanks for the help!
> I have about 4500 records in the database (its an employee
> database)...if I understand correctly...on the document ready should I
> bring in all 4500 records? Would the autocomplete be slow to respond
> due to all the records....
>
> The reason I was doing an onKeyUp is so I could limit the number of
> records that the servlet brought back, keeping the array in javascript
> smaller..
>
> My question is am I supposed to bring back ALL records on the document
> ready?
>
> Thanks so much.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Jörn Zaefferer wrote:
>> 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
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >
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