Question

I have a <input id="txtCustome2r" />

I have in my .ready function

$("#txtCustome2r").autocomplete({
    source:  "itemcomplete.asp", 
    minLength: 2,
    select: function( event, ui ) {
        log( ui.item ?
                     "Selected: " + ui.item.value + " aka " + ui.item.id :
                     "Nothing selected, input was " + this.value );
    }
}); 

the auto complete return valid json

[ { "id': "4",  "label": "Kathi  ",   "value": "Kathi  "}, { "id': "6",  "label": "Kathleen  ",   "value": "Kathleen  "}]

and nothing shows up in the drop down. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Answer 1

Single quotes are not valid JSON. You’ll need to surround your key names and string values with double quotes:

[ { "id": 4,  "label": "Kathi", "value": "Kathi 3" }, ... ]

If you want to check your JSON response for validity, you can use JSONLint.