Re: [PHP] php / mysql / js search result question

2005-12-31 Thread Drew Butler
You're right when you say this has nothing to do with PHP. Well, mostly right. I don't believe he is looking for a select box solution. I believe what is being looked for is a Google Suggest style input box auto-complete solution. Now you were right to say this is heavily dependant on JavaScript or

Re: [PHP] php / mysql / js search result question

2005-12-30 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, December 27, 2005 2:03 am, Dave Carrera wrote: > 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. How long is very long?... > But what i would like to do is offer input box and when the user > enters > a letter, i think

Re: [PHP] php / mysql / js search result question

2005-12-29 Thread Greg Schnippel
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:/

[PHP] php / mysql / js search result question

2005-12-27 Thread Dave Carrera
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