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Am 10.02.2012 02:18, schrieb Scott Johnson:
> OK I will try to ask this and make sense out of this also.
> 
> First off I am doing this on a back-end admin page.
> I have a DB with lets say 5000 records and a dozen or more fields.
> 
> On the page which will display these records I am planning on using pagination to
> display so many records at once.  So far so good.
> 
> What i would like to do is provide a row above the table of records where the user
> can enter text to filter the display on each column.
> 
> I plan to use AJAX and filter as the user types which in itself is not a problem.
> 
> The problem I see is the numerous DB queries and I don't see querying the DB each
> time the user types a letter as a practical approach. (I could be wrong).
> 
> What I was thinking of doing is loading the full record set into an array and then
> filter out the array of the needed data as the user types.
> 
> I have not done any intense array manipulations like this before and am wondering if
> this seems like a practical approach.
> 
> I would like to ask for any advice or suggestions on this.  I may even have my head
> in the wrong area and not see the forest thru the trees.
> 
> Thanks
> Scotty

I think 5000 records is not much, nowadays.

We have sortable tables with client side scripting, why not filter the records with
client side scripting?

Requirement: solid knowledge of JavaScript.

/Str.

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Query or Array functions Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-02-09 17:18 -0800
  Re: Query or Array functions Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-02-10 02:39 +0100
    Re: Query or Array functions Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-02-10 05:54 -0800
      Re: Query or Array functions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-02-10 09:26 -0500
  Re: Query or Array functions "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2012-02-10 09:26 +0100
    Re: Query or Array functions Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-02-10 06:01 -0800
    Re: Query or Array functions "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-02-11 11:20 -0600
  Re: Query or Array functions "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-02-10 11:12 +0100
  Re: Query or Array functions Captain Paralytic <paul_lautman@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-10 02:44 -0800
    Re: Query or Array functions Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-02-10 06:01 -0800
      Re: Query or Array functions Captain Paralytic <paul_lautman@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-10 06:11 -0800
      Re: Query or Array functions Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-11 00:03 +0100
        Re: Query or Array functions Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-02-11 11:03 +0100
          Re: Query or Array functions Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-11 12:06 +0100
  Re: Query or Array functions Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-10 12:06 +0100
    Re: Query or Array functions Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-10 12:32 +0100
    Re: Query or Array functions Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-02-10 05:43 -0800

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