meaning it does take out all records holding AM: such as:

AMsterdam, flAMe, WilliAM

but the script doesn’t it only selects the records Starting with AM

(about the case sensitive; i’m only using capitals for illustration reasons)

that leaves me with the question; why only does the script selects the records starting with the exact search input??

Cheers

as for the search returns i am using the xml version
and the database does return records all holding the “AM” variable
anywhere in the field.

I am using LIKE ‘%$var%’ in the query so it should be in the script i presume…

unlike Herry, do i think its neat to have a autoSuggest that shows
several combinations not necessarily Starting with the correct phrase.

Meaning: a search on a variable: AM should show a dropdown like
Amsterdam, but also flAMe and Prince WilliAM etc…

also, at the same time i don’t want no “no results” message returned at any time.

how to achieve this?

Thanks and cheers
Matthias


$.ajax({
/* ajax options omitted */
error: function (xmlHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
if(xmlHttpRequest.readyState == 0 || xmlHttpRequest.status == 0)
return; // it's not really an error
else
// Do normal error handling
});


E.g. I have the script running perfectly well. I look up some information, and submit my form. while displaying the results the search form is placed on the page again (exactly the same functions being called), but now when I type in a few letters in the search box, it gives me the above mention error.
Any idea?

I am still struggling with the valueSep tho. Setting it to an impossible value, as mentioned above, doesn’t help.
But furthermore I am really happy! Thanks a lot!

PS to avoid sql-injection, I added mysql_real_escape_string() to my var.