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
>

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