New Web Form control for on-the-fly data retrieval

<i><b>Originally posted by : David Campbell (d.campbell@cambro.net)</b></i><br />Hi Everybody,<br /><br />We’ve just launched a new web control that might be of interest to some of you here. It’s called DbCombo, and it’s a combo box that is linked in real-time to a database query. As you type, the combo box automatically matches your text to entries in the database – all the matching entries are displayed below in a drop-down, and can be picked from.<br /><br />The advantage is that the whole data list isn’t delivered to the browser (as with a normal select box) and so huge data lists can be picked from. For example, on our site you can test DbCombo by choosing a word from a database of 140,000 words. The component will automatically revert to non-real time operation (postback) on older browsers that don’t support the necessary scripting.<br /><br />Please check it out at www.dbcombo.net. Let us know what you think!<br /><br />Kind regards,<br /><br />David Campbell<br />

<i><b>Originally posted by : steve (steve@aspfree.com)</b></i><br /><br />dave send me a copy and we'll take a look see!<br /><br />------------<br />David Campbell at 5/9/2002 5:11:33 AM<br /><br />Hi Everybody,<br /><br />We’ve just launched a new web control that might be of interest to some of you here. It’s called DbCombo, and it’s a combo box that is linked in real-time to a database query. As you type, the combo box automatically matches your text to entries in the database – all the matching entries are displayed below in a drop-down, and can be picked from.<br /><br />The advantage is that the whole data list isn’t delivered to the browser (as with a normal select box) and so huge data lists can be picked from. For example, on our site you can test DbCombo by choosing a word from a database of 140,000 words. The component will automatically revert to non-real time operation (postback) on older browsers that don’t support the necessary scripting.<br /><br />Please check it out at www.dbcombo.net. Let us know what you think!<br /><br />Kind regards,<br /><br />David Campbell<br />