David, >I agree that one needs to be careful. I do understand the performance >problems that could arise if you are making lots of round trips to the >server. > >In this case I bind to: autosuggest="#ValueList(desc.description)#". >So since I already have the results of the query I don't think there >would be any roundtrips. > >The biggest thing is once I type a letter and some results are >returned, then eliminating them as you type should require almost >nothing, just drop off those that no longer match. With CFAUTOSUGGEST >you have to pause for anything at all to happen. So essentially you >have to pause 1/2 second after every letter to let the list refresh >and see your new options. This is not good and as I said my users >will go bezerko. 1/2 second may not seem like alot but when you >multiply that by every letter, and the fact that my users will be >using this lookup every time they enter a new record which is every 30 >seconds to 2 minutes, then you see how those little pauses may drive >one crazy.
I agree that a local lookup (based on an array/list of values) should not be limited to a 500ms delay. In those cases you should be able to increase the lookup. -Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:285508 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
