Searching from DropDown List usiing textbox and Search Button

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Hello,

I have data bounded dropdownlist from data base and it contains huge data,
just want to know that using textbox and Search Button i want to find the data in dropDownList.

first I was using searchListExtender an ajax control, but it was killing my application memory.

Posted 22-Sep-13 19:35pm

xibit89

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Thanks7872 23-Sep-13 1:43am

Textbox and button to search in dropdown list? I think you should redesign logic/application.

xibit89 23-Sep-13 1:47am

why? I just want to type the data in the textbox and using Button want to find it in the dropDownList...

Thanks7872 23-Sep-13 1:50am

you said there is huge data in dropdownlist i assume you have at least 100 items in it. Why not to use autocomplete extender? The reasons are, dropdownlist with huge data won't make sense. And searching should not be for 'dropdownlist'.

xibit89 23-Sep-13 1:51am

i'll try it

ridoy 23-Sep-13 2:10am

agree.

xibit89 23-Sep-13 2:15am

it's pretty simple, I have done it my self.

onButton Click event.
just make dropDownlistID=textBoxID;

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 23-Sep-13 2:51am

Please explain how exactly you solved it and add that as an answer. It will be helpful for all of us.

Member 10186638 24-Sep-13 1:29am

I agree with Rohan Leuva,it's better to use autocomplete extender...!

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Kiran Kumar Veerabatheni · Answer 1 · 2013-09-23T12:13:00

Try this simple technique, using just basic html and javascript, no ajax needed either.

Use a Textbox, have all the items in your javascript in the page_load, and play with the data as you type the letters, the filtered results for the matching word will be displayed below the textbox, very fast. This is a pretty old article(asp.net 1.1 days), but this is exactly what you are looking for.

Google-Suggest Simulation using JavaScript in ASP.NET/ASP

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