lookup on a big table

does anyone have a suggestion how to make a lookup in a web form on a table
with over 20 thousand records? the usual drop down list doesnt seem like a
viable solution, i was hoping for something with autocomplete (i'm using
asp.net ajax, atlas or how it's called now).
going on a different page seems also like not the best solution, because
then i would have to memorize the previous page content, and i would have to
do that for each page that uses that lookup (i was planning on making this
lookup a web control that would be included in a lot of pages).Hi,
What you are looking for is available in the following url:
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/051201.htm
This article showS how to use the free AutoSuggestBox control to add
'Google Suggest' functionality to your ASP.NET application.
Hope this helps you out.
Thanks and Regards,
Manish Bafna.
MCP and MCTS.
"Nedim" wrote:

> does anyone have a suggestion how to make a lookup in a web form on a tabl
e
> with over 20 thousand records? the usual drop down list doesnt seem like a
> viable solution, i was hoping for something with autocomplete (i'm using
> asp.net ajax, atlas or how it's called now).
> going on a different page seems also like not the best solution, because
> then i would have to memorize the previous page content, and i would have
to
> do that for each page that uses that lookup (i was planning on making this
> lookup a web control that would be included in a lot of pages).
Both Microsoft AJAX and the free Anthem.Net AJAX framework offer an
"autosuggest" or "autocomplete" control for this. All you need to do is look
at the provided examples.
Peter
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"Nedim" wrote:

> does anyone have a suggestion how to make a lookup in a web form on a tabl
e
> with over 20 thousand records? the usual drop down list doesnt seem like a
> viable solution, i was hoping for something with autocomplete (i'm using
> asp.net ajax, atlas or how it's called now).
> going on a different page seems also like not the best solution, because
> then i would have to memorize the previous page content, and i would have
to
> do that for each page that uses that lookup (i was planning on making this
> lookup a web control that would be included in a lot of pages).
"Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" <pbromberg@.yahoo.yabbadabbadoo.com> wrote in
message news:B49A3E9A-9C5E-4198-86DF-3F7C0E670FFC@.microsoft.com...

> the free Anthem.Net AJAX framework
Have you got v1.4 yet...? Just superb!