I think you want your pattern to be: pattern = '%' + request.vars.keyword.lower() + '%'
instead of : pattern = '+ request.vars.keyword.lower() + ' On May 7, 2:23 am, Zhe Li <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Massimo, > > the only message I got from firebug is: > > The 'charCode' property of a keyup event should not be used. The value > is meaningless. > > when typing in the field. Is there any other ways to debug it? > > Cheers, > Zhe > > On May 6, 5:18 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > To help us debug this... can you try with firefox? can you also try > > with the firebug extension? I will log the ajax requests so you can > > see if there is an error? > > > On May 6, 10:01 am, Zhe Li <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am new to web2py and it is a fantastic framework! The online book is > > > quite helpful until this week. I tried two AJAX examples but none of > > > them works and I don't have a clue what went wrong there. > > > > First one is the wiki example: > > > --------------------------------- > > > def search(): > > > "an ajax wiki search page" > > > return dict(form=FORM(INPUT(_id='keyword', > > > _onkeyup="ajax('bg_find', ['keyword'], 'target');")), > > > target_div=DIV(_id='target')) > > > > def bg_find(): > > > "an ajax callback that returns a <ul> of links to wiki pages" > > > pattern = '+ request.vars.keyword.lower() + ' > > > pages = db(db.page.title.lower().like(pattern))\ > > > .select(orderby=db.page.title) > > > items = [A(row.title, _href=URL(r=request, f=show, args=row.id)) > > > \ > > > for row in pages] > > > return UL(*items).xml() > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Nothing shows up when I type or submit my request. > > > > Second one is the auto complete example: > > > ------------------------------------ > > > def month_input(): > > > return dict() > > > > def month_selector(): > > > if not request.vars.month: > > > return " > > > months = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', > > > 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September' ,'October', > > > 'November', 'December'] > > > selected = [m for m in months \ > > > if m.startswith(request.vars.month.capitalize())] > > > return ".join([DIV(k, > > > _onclick="jQuery('#month').val('k')", > > > _onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='yellow'", > > > _onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='white'" > > > ).xml() for k in selected]) > > > ---------------------------------- > > > > Again, nothing shows up.... I was using Chrome on linux.... Could > > > anyone tell me how to get it work please? Many thanks!!! > > > > Cheers, > > > Zhe
