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ducktyped
ducktyped

Reputation: 4504

jQuery UI autocomplete: how to prefetch from ajax data source

I have a auto-complete form that fetches result from server, but on slow connection it becomes erratic as data loading takes time. Is there anyway we can prefetch data from ajax source

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1506

Answers (2)

mihsathe
mihsathe

Reputation: 9154

Just to answer your question, prefetch is possible using synchronous AJAX. Using jQuery, it will be (check syntax since I am on phone). 

$.ajax({
     url: "",
     async: false,
     success: function(resp)
     {}
});

This will make sure that your data is loaded before you publish it. But as Sinethera said, this defeats entire purpose of AJAX. If you can pre-fetch the content, that means you know the expected content. Then why not put it as a static list?

Upvotes: 1

Sinetheta
Sinetheta

Reputation: 9429

Prefetch? Isn't that called "not being ajax"? Just load the data with the page and use it as a static data source.

Optionally get the data when they "focus" the field. That would be the only real compromise between getting the data on page-load and doing a legitimate dynamic source.

Upvotes: 1

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