By the way,
'extra_var': function() {
return $("#extra_var").attr('id');
}
Would return "extra_var" since $("#extra_var").attr('id'); is
"extra_var".
I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve if that's not what you
want.
On Sep 28, 2:34 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
> "extra_var" does not map to the ID of the input field. It is the name
> that is going to be sent along with the AJAX request to your script.
> (e.g. /autocomplete_lookup/?
> q=my_search_text_blahablhablah&extra_var=12345)
>
> You have to change it so it's:
> 'extra_var': function() {
> return $("#extra_var").attr('id');
>
> }
>
> On Sep 26, 8:39 am, patrickk <patr...@vonautomatisch.at> wrote:
>
> > I´m a bit confused, because the following doesn´t seem to work and I
> > have no idea why ... after searching google for a couple of hours and
> > trying different solutions, I´m posting this here and hope that
> > someone can help.
>
> > $("input.vAutocompleteField").autocomplete('/
> > autocomplete_lookup/', {
> > highlight: false,
> > mustMatch: false,
> > matchContains: true,
> > cacheLength: 20,
> > minChars: 2,
> > extraParams: {
> > 'extra_var': function() {
> > return $(this).attr('id');
> > }
> > }
> > });
>
> > "extra_var" should be the ID of the current input-field.
>
> > this is probably just me don´t seeing what´s wrong ... so any help is
> > appreciated.
>
> > thanks,
> > patrick
>
>
