Hi - It sounds like you're trying to implement something similar to "google suggest" which uses ajax to allow a user to navigate through a large list of entries. The "google suggest" method does use a lot of calls to the database but its asynchronous which eliminates cumbersome page loads. http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en I found this article which gives advice on how to implement "google suggest" using php: http://www.phpriot.com/d/articles/php/application-design/google-suggest-ajaxac/ A quick google search on +php +"google suggest" +ajax came up with others as well. If you're just interested in the javascript (i.e. you're not navigating that large of a list) these articles should be able to help with that as well. - schnippy On 12/27/05, Dave Carrera <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi List, > > I have a very long list of customer names which i know is easy to get > from a mysql result using php, no prob there. > > But what i would like to do is offer input box and when the user enters > a letter, i think this will require client side onchange(), the full > list, i think might be in an iframe, will move to the first instance of > user input. > > Example: > > 1 Alpha Customer > 2 Apple Customer > 3 Beta Customer > 4 Crazy customer > 5 Doppy customer > > User input is "a" so the list moves to first instance of "a". User > continues to input "ap" so the list moves to "2 Apple Customer" and so on. > > If the user had input "d" then the list would move to "5 Doppy customer" > and i suppose this could become selected ready for the user to hit the > return key to select this customer. > > I would prefer to not do multiple "POSTS" and return result, which i can > do already, so i think some natty client side JS might do the trick but > i have very little knowledge of this. > > Any urls or direct help / advise is gratefully received. > > Thank you in advance > > Dave c > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
