Compare TextBox.Text value to an ArrayList on a WebPage.

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I'm developing a web page that is to replace an existing older Unix
Application. In the other application the user is able to type in text, or an
abbreviation into a TextBox that is related to a lookup table. For example, I
have a field named "Color" where the user can type in WHI to indicate White.
The value WHI exists in a tblColor table. Most data-entry personnel know that
White's code is WHI, so there is not need for the field to be a combobox.

What would be the best way to allow someone the ability to type in a value
of WHI into a color field and compare it against the value in the tblColor
table? The value entered must exist in the table and I don't want to be
making a round trip to the server everytime.

My thought is if I had an array of some sort I could do something. But, I'm
not so sure how I would approach this situation in a Web Page.

Can anyone give me an idea of how to approach this?

Thanks, Greg
 
I'm developing a web page that is to replace an existing older Unix
Application. In the other application the user is able to type in text, or
an
abbreviation into a TextBox that is related to a lookup table. For
example, I
have a field named "Color" where the user can type in WHI to indicate
White.
The value WHI exists in a tblColor table. Most data-entry personnel know
that
White's code is WHI, so there is not need for the field to be a combobox.

What would be the best way to allow someone the ability to type in a value
of WHI into a color field and compare it against the value in the tblColor
table? The value entered must exist in the table and I don't want to be
making a round trip to the server everytime.

My thought is if I had an array of some sort I could do something. But,
I'm
not so sure how I would approach this situation in a Web Page.

Can anyone give me an idea of how to approach this?
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If you don't want server round-trips, you'll have to send the table to the
client (as an array or group of arrays) and use javascript to check it every
time the user types a character. That's the big-picture answer; post back if
you need more low-level details.
 
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