Thanks! I had a feeling that was the case. I can paginate no problem BUT I want to ensure the filter does iterate over the entire collection. Being that each page would essentially have to go back to the server I am not sure the "real time as the user types" functionality is going to be feasible beyond the users current page. I may have to implement this as a web service call.
Then again I could use a combination of both. Load a manageable amount of records per page, enable as you type filtering, and then add a "search entire database" option to the filter controls. Does anyone have any good examples of this filter as you type functionality? Thanks again. Nick --- In [email protected], Pedro Sena <sena.pe...@...> wrote: > > I would not recommend to the things this way. > > I'm thinking that you want to filter the data as user types, like: > > Pe (typed) > > Results: > > Pedro > Peterson > ... > > If you want to do this, think twice, each typed letter will trigger an event > that will iterate over a collection containing 'thousands'(like you said) of > records. This is a VERY bad idea. > > I would recomend you to implement some pagination mechanism AND the filter > mechanism, that way your first load will be faster and your filter will not > iterate over the entire collection. > > Just my 2 cents, > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Nick <nick...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello all. > > > > I have a DataGrid that is loading thousands of records. I would like to be > > able to add some filter controls to the top of the screen enabling users to > > filter the data. I would like the filtering to happen in real time as the > > user types their query. > > > > I know this has been accomplished before I just can't seem to find the best > > solution. > > > > Any thoughts on the best way to approach this? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > > -- > /** > * Pedro Sena > * Systems Architect > * Sun Certified Java Programmer > * Sun Certified Web Component Developer > */ >
