Can I do full text searches with jquery Autocomplete ?

Question

Hi,

I want to be able to search a list of full names. The autocomplete demos I have seen have all searched from the beginning. Thats no good as I want matches on surname too.

I can live without full text search if it at least follows word boundaries. Sorta like the tag search here. Hows that done?

Cheers

Answer 1

You can. Just take the items from a server side function that does the actual search. For example a SQL server. You should consider performance. High number of row may take long enough to have a "flaky" autocomplete.