Here is an example of autocomplete with JSON data:
http://dev.jquery.com/view/trunk/plugins/autocomplete/demo/json.html
You have to follow it along quite closely - that API for working with
JSON is still rather ugly.
Jörn
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:25 AM, nic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have the following JSON data:
>
> {"field1":null,"field2":null,"field3":null,"field4":null,"employees":
> ["Joe","David"]}
>
> I'm using JQuery autocomplete and just need the values from employees
> (Joe and David).
>
> Right now I have this in my JavaScript"
>
> $("#myinput").autocomplete("myaction.action", {
> delay: 10,
> minChars: 3,
> matchSubset: 1,
> matchContains: 1,
> cacheLength: 1,
> autoFill: true,
> formatItem: formatItem
> });
>
> function formatItem(row) {
> return row;
> };
>
> but what this does is return the entire row (obviously), i.e.:
>
> "{"field1":null,"field2":null,"field3":null,"field4":null,"employees":
> ["Joe","David"]}"
>
> What do I need to do so that I just get the values from employees?
> I've also tried playing around with the parse parameter but can't get
> anywhere with it at all.
>
> Cheers!
> nic
>
