I am using jQuery AutoComplete to fetch results from a DataBase based on the value inputted. The user will then click a search button to tell the page to search for that specific entries details.
I want to get 2 values, the Name and Title. I only want to display the Name to the user, while the page uses the Title as a search criteria.
eg: When a person types in Vehicle, the result will display Vehicle1, Vehicle2
in a list.
When the user clicks on Vehicle1
, a hidden box will be issues with the Title, which would be Bike
, and such as with Vehicle2
, which will issue the hidden box with Car
.
I can get the Name to show in the text box properly, but I cannot for the life of me (And after 2 days of searching) bind the Title to a hidden box.
JavaScript:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.0/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".tb").autocomplete({
source: function (request, response) {
$.ajax({
url: "AutoComplete.asmx/FetchEmailList",
data: "{ 'prefix': '" + request.term + "' }",
dataType: "json",
type: "POST",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataFilter: function (data) { return data; },
success: function (data) {
response($.map(data.d, function (item) {
return {
//value: item.Title,
label: item.Name
};
}));
},
error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
alert(textStatus);
}
});
},
minLength: 2
});
});
</script>
ASPX Code:
<div class="ui-widget" >
<asp:TextBox ID="tbAuto" class="tb" runat="server">
</asp:TextBox>
<asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="tbHidden" class="tb"></asp:TextBox>
</div>
CodeBehind:
[WebService(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")]
[WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]
[ScriptService]
public class AutoComplete : System.Web.Services.WebService
{
[WebMethod]
[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]
public List<Employee> FetchEmailList(string prefix)
{
var emp = new Employee();
var fetchEmail = emp.GetEmployeeList(prefix)
.Where(m => m.Name.ToLower().StartsWith(prefix.ToLower()));
return fetchEmail.ToList();
}
}
CompletionClass: (Excuse the naming)
public class Employee
{
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string value { get; set; }
public List<Employee> GetEmployeeList(string prefixText)
{
List<Employee> cmpList = new List<Employee>();
SqlConnection db = DataConn.SqlConnection();
db.Open();
SqlTransaction transaction = db.BeginTransaction();
//var array = new ArrayList();
try
{
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("Select [something] FROM vwGetDetails WHERE [something_else] LIKE N'%" + prefixText + "%' ORDER BY [thatOther_thing] ASC", db, transaction);
using (SqlDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader())
{
while (reader.Read())
{
cmpList.Add(new Employee() { Name = reader["Value1"].ToString(), Title = "Value1_Cat", value = "Value1_Cat"});
}
}
command = new SqlCommand("Select [something] FROM [somewhere] WHERE [thingy] LIKE N'%" + prefixText + "%' ORDER BY [previousThingy] ASC", db, transaction);
using (SqlDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader())
{
while (reader.Read())
{
cmpList.Add(new Employee() { Name = reader["Value2"].ToString(), Title = "Value2_Cat", value = "Value2_Cat"});
}
}
transaction.Commit();
}
catch (SqlException)
{
transaction.Rollback();
cmpList.Add(new Employee() { Name = "Problem Getting Results.", value = "Error"});
//array.Add("Problem Getting Results.");
}
if (cmpList.Count == 0)
cmpList.Add(new Employee() { Name = "Nothing to Display.", value = "Info"});
//array.Add("Nothing to Display.");
//return array;
return cmpList;
}
}
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