Try the builtin autocomplete widget... http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/07#Autocomplete-widget
On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 10:30:06 AM UTC-7, Alex Glaros wrote: > > There will be thousands of records to choose from, so a dropdown selection > list would be inconvenient. > > By wildcard search, I mean a partial string search, or search by ID or > other field alternatives like in sqlForm, that would replace the dropdown. > > If not, are there other ways to get around the problem of having so many > choices in the dropdown? > > thanks, > > Alex Glaros > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

