That is very possible.  I would argue that it would be better to use a 
drop-down list that could then have an onChange event handler or event a 
button which would, when clicked, get the value of the drop-down list 
(you should investigate the $F() function for this; it's in the Utility 
Methods) and then use Ajax.Updater to get the information from the 
server and display it in the DOM element of your choice.

 -- Dash --

EWonka wrote:
> Thanks Ryan,
>
> It's a fairly simple requirement actually, an ajax request will be
> sent to the application server and it will return data. The data will
> be comprised of a job description and id. I would like to take the
> data and form a display that for each row will contain a 'select
> button', description, id.
>
> The user will simply press the button (labeled "Select") for the
> specific row and the job description will be populated on the orginal
> form in a textbox. I am trying to avoid the classic drop down and go
> with "something" similar to a table type display. Your patience is
> appreciated. thank you.
>
>
> On Mar 30, 10:16 am, "Ryan Gahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> While your requirements at this point are pretty vague... I'll just say yes,
>> and that you should look, possibly, at scriptaculous's AutoCompleter
>> control.
>>
>> On 3/30/07, EWonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>     
>>> Hello All,
>>>       
>>> Been out of web development for a while; however I have a question
>>> with regard to Ajax and Javascripts. A requirement exists to perform a
>>> query from the browser using Ajax request and response objects. Once
>>> the data is returned, I need to display the query results. Rather than
>>> just creating a popup to display a selectable list, are there any
>>> other techniques, perhaps using scriptaculous or prototype scripts as
>>> an alternative? Say modifying the DOM elements.
>>>       
>>> Thank you,
>>>       
>> --
>> Ryan Gahl
>> Application Development Consultant
>> Athena Group, Inc.
>> Inquire: 1-920-955-1457
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