Hi, Jeff Pang <pa...@uk2.net> wrote: > On Nov 17, 2009, Dave Tang <d.t...@imb.uq.edu.au> wrote: > > Is it possible to implement an incremental find* feature on a Perl CGI > > page? I'm running Apache2 with mod_perl on linux. > > > > For example, if I have a list of stuff (A, Aa, B, Bb, C, CA, etc. stored > > in a file or database) and when a user starts typing in A into the web > > form, 2 suggestions in a drop down menu will come up (A and Aa but not > > CA). Users will be able to click on this drop down menu and the web form > > will be filled with what they clicked on. A real life example would be > > Google Suggest**. > > This is the stuff JavaScript will do, nothing about CGI, which is a > server-end implement.
Yes and no. What the OP is inquiring about is a combination of technologies that are usually referred to as AJAX[1]. One possible starting point would be CGI::AJAX[2]. HTH, Thomas [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming) [2] http://search.cpan.org/~bpederse/CGI-Ajax-0.707/lib/CGI/Ajax.pm
