Autocomplete with textbox

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Please tell me the fastest way to create autocomplete with textbox in asp.net. I used Web services with textboxes but it is not too fast it takes some time to fetch data from Database that will create problem. Please tell me the efficient way.

Posted 7-Jun-11 22:11pm

Satyendra Kumar(Analyst Programmer)

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Ciumac Sergiu 8-Jun-11 4:23am

Reading from database is expensive operation. You might try caching the most frequently read items on the application level.
Cache["key"] = "value";
Anyway you should act carefully with the cache as storing big data chunks in it is not a good idea.

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2011-06-07T22:23:00

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Well, using a webservice makes sense. If it's not fast, your server is slow, your connection is slow, or your code sucks. There's an autocomplete control in the ASP.NET AJAX library, why not try that ?

Posted 7-Jun-11 22:23pm

Christian Graus

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walterhevedeich 8-Jun-11 20:43pm

Countered with a 5. Although the statement is frank and the word "sucks" might have been misunderstood, I think the advice was perfect.

Wayne Gaylard · Answer 2 · 2011-06-07T22:24:00

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Have a look at this article. It does just what you need AutComplete Control[^]

Hope this helps

Posted 7-Jun-11 22:24pm

Wayne Gaylard

walterhevedeich · Answer 3 · 2011-06-07T22:28:00

If the data will be coming from the database, web services might be an efficient solution for this problem. One reason why it takes time to load may be due to many factors, like the web server, the database, or even the code and SQL scripts that fetches data. You might also want to consider AJAX as your solution. Have a look at these articles about autocomplete textbox using AJAX.

AJAX AutoComplete/AutoSuggest TextBox[^]

AJAX WAS Here - Part 3 : Auto Complete TextBox[^]