[FX.php List] Re: Search as you type

Rodney Schmidt rodney at fmpro2go.com
Thu Oct 14 09:34:15 MDT 2010 

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Hi All,

I just updated my jQuery clippings set for version 1.4.3, which  
(fingers crossed) will be out this weekend.

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Enjoy.

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>   3. Re: Search as you type (Stephe Pocock)
>   4. Re: Search as you type (Dale Bengston)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:05:03 -0500
> From: Dale Bengston <dbengston at tds.net>
> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Search as you type
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> I do it with Scriptaculous. With FileMaker, I match against a pre- 
> cached Session array of the field in question. In my experience,  
> FileMaker is just too slow to do real-time, character-by-character  
> auto-completes.
>
> Dale
>
> On Oct 11, 2010, at 9:12 PM, Head Honcho wrote:
>
>> I've used jQuery typewatch to do a similar thing to autocomplete.
>>
>> It does a query to the database 500ms after typing has stopped,  
>> which then can be used.
>>
>> Hope this helps, somewhat.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Michael Ward
>> --
>> Head Honcho, CustoMike Solutions
>> Member, FileMaker Business Alliance & FileMaker Technical Network
>> FileMaker 7, 8, 9 & 10 Certified Developer
>> ph 0414 562 501
>> headhoncho at customikesolutions.com
>>
>> On 12/10/2010, at 12:56 PM, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:
>>
>>> I haven't done this with FileMaker specifically, but in general/ 
>>> with other code.
>>>
>>> You could have a look at http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/  
>>> which is a jQuery widget that will give you autocomplete. You set  
>>> it up on the page, and then provide a lookup method on the server  
>>> side, that this widget then calls. Your lookup method could simply  
>>> query the FM database for you to return the relevant data for the  
>>> widget.
>>>
>>>
>>> 12 okt 2010 kl. 03.53 skrev Stephe Pocock:
>>>
>>>> Hi all
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone successfully managed to get a search as you type  
>>>> system working with Filemaker via the web?
>>>>
>>>> I have a contacts database that we would like to be able to  
>>>> search via a spotlight type search.  We have this working within  
>>>> filemaker using script triggers, but this does not work via IWP  
>>>> and I was hoping to set something up with PHP and Ajax (I guess).
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone done this?   Are you willing to share the code or  
>>>> point me in the right directions?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in adavance
>>>>
>>>> Stephe
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> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:13:10 +1100
> From: Tim 'Webko' Booth <tim at nicheit.com.au>
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> Dear All,
>
>> I do it with Scriptaculous. With FileMaker, I match against a pre-
>> cached Session array of the field in question. In my experience,
>> FileMaker is just too slow to do real-time, character-by-character
>> auto-completes.
>
> Agreed. I tend to create an array in the JS to be searched against...
>
> Cheers
>
> Webko
>
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> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:28:36 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Stephe Pocock <zippyaus at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Search as you type
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> Thanks Tim, Mike, Dale and Leo
>
> Off to the drawing board I go, well w3schools anyway.
>
> I was looking at ajax with an xml export, but the array easier to  
> produce the
> list of contacts.
>
>
> My next question is if an array contains the values, in this case  
> the names of
> the people, can it also contain their company, telephone and email  
> (as a link)?
>
> Maybe I am getting ahead of myself.  Let me go off and see if I can  
> produce a
> searchable array :)
>
> Thanks again
>
> Stephe
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> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:18:38 -0500
> From: Dale Bengston <dbengston at tds.net>
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> Hi Stephe,
>
> I tend to use a type-ahead in places where the user is doing what I  
> call a "lazy" search. This means they have one field to type in, and  
> it's technically searching in more than one field (even though I'm  
> searching an array stored in a $_SESSION array). To create my  
> session-stored list for a "lazy" search, I aggregate several fields.
>
> For example, I have a client that's a wine distributor. Their "lazy"  
> product lookup would pick from a session list that aggregates the  
> vintage, winery and varietal fields, like this:
>
> 2008 Doña Paula Malbec
> 2009 Alamos Malbec
> 2009 Bogle Chardonnay
> 2009 Bogle Merlot
> [...]
>
> When the user makes a selection from the drop-down triggered by  
> their typing, the selection triggers an ajax lookup of the full  
> product details, which are displayed beneath the type-ahead input  
> field.
>
> As mentioned earlier, I am using Scriptaculous, which in turn uses  
> Prototype's ajax.autocompleter class. I don't want to start a flame  
> war about what the best ajax framework is: take your pick among  
> Scriptaculous, JQuery, Mootools, Tweener, etc.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Dale
>
>
>
> On Oct 11, 2010, at 10:28 PM, Stephe Pocock wrote:
>
>> Thanks Tim, Mike, Dale and Leo
>>
>> Off to the drawing board I go, well w3schools anyway.
>>
>> I was looking at ajax with an xml export, but the array easier to  
>> produce the list of contacts.
>>
>> My next question is if an array contains the values, in this case  
>> the names of the people, can it also contain their company,  
>> telephone and email (as a link)?
>>
>> Maybe I am getting ahead of myself.  Let me go off and see if I can  
>> produce a searchable array :)
>>
>> Thanks again
>>
>> Stephe
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> Can someone make recommendations on Training classes for FileMaker Pro
> PHP?
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> Thanks,
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> Location?
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> 2010/10/14 Vargas, Steve E <vargas_s at aps.edu>:
>> Can someone make recommendations on Training classes for FileMaker  
>> Pro  PHP?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Steve V.
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