Question

I need my textbox to autocomplete when the user types. The value should come from the database.
I am using the textchange property of the textbox.

protected void autocomplete(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string query = "Select area,codes from tbl_pincode";
    SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=win2008-2;Initial       Catalog=h1tm11;User ID=sa;Password=#1cub3123*;Persist Security Info=True;");
    SqlCommand com = new SqlCommand(query, conn);
    conn.Open();
    SqlDataReader dr = com.ExecuteReader();
    while (dr.Read())
    {
        zipcode.Text = dr.GetValue(0).ToString();
    }
    conn.Close();
}

But i m not getting the desired result.
Any ideas how to go about it?

Answer 1

You can use jQuery UI for autocomplete: http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=515

Another option for ASP.NET autocomplete is AjaxControlToolkit: http://www.asp.net/ajaxLibrary/AjaxControlToolkitSampleSite/AutoComplete/AutoComplete.aspx