As for your search by multiple columns in the db... do something silly like using an OR in your SQL and filter by both columns :)
Another idea is to include a drop down to filter by what column you want to search. ~ Thank you, Paul Bors -----Original Message----- From: Gaetan Zoritchak [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 5:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Using AutocompleteTextField with database entries (without a converter) Thanks for the input. I'm going to have a look. Gaetan 2012/10/24 Paul Bors <[email protected]> > Take a look at Select2 developed by Ivan Vaynberg one of Wicket's > contributors: > http://ivaynberg.github.com/select2/ > > You should try out the "Loading Remote Data" and "Infinite Scroll with > Remote Data" examples. > > Thanks Ivan for a great job! > > ~ Thank you, > Paul Bors > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gaetan Zoritchak [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Using AutocompleteTextField with database entries (without a > converter) > > Hello, > I don't know what is the best way of impleting that in Wicket > > That's my use case: > - the user has to select a customer in a field of a form, > - he starts to type some characters, > - the list shows some possibilities based on a database request using > the first and last names, the email, ... > - then he selects one item in the list, > - the field just shows few informations (Last Name for exemple). > > I don't want to use a converter because the data in the field could > eventually match more than one entry in the database. I can give more > context in the list to make the user be sure of his selection. When > the selection is made, I can put a title so that on a mouse over event > the user visualize the full information on the customer selection. > > The best solution would be to use the database id of the customer as a > key during the selection phase. > > I don't know what is the best way of implementing this behaviour. > > Thanks a lot for any ideas, > > Gaetan, > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
