Excellent,
Both solutions worked great!
Thanks a lot for your help
On Oct 16, 3:26 pm, adexcube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, have you tried something like this?
>
> $("input:text").focus( function() { alert($
> (this).attr("name")); } ).autocomplete("server.php", {
> extraParams: {
> fieldname: function() { return $(this).attr("name"); }
> }
> });
>
> I hope this helps
>
> Cheers
>
> On Oct 16, 1:59 pm, The Hamburgler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I wish topassan extra parameter to theAutocompletequeryURLthat
> > will determine thenameof the current input field. TheURLwill then
> > know what field is requesting the data and can return the relevant
> > data.
> > E.g. It could be list of countries or a group of surnames already in
> > the database.
>
> > I have read the documentation and thought the extraParams option would
> > do this but i'm struggling with the correct syntax.
>
> > The example below willpassan undefined value for 'fieldname' as $
> > (this) is out of scope within the extraParams function. Is there a way
> > I can access the inputs fieldnamedynamically so i don't have to bind
> > theautocompletefunction to each individual input?
>
> > $(".autocomlete").autocomplete(url, {
> > extraParams: {
> > fieldname: function() { return $(this).attr("name"); }
> > }
>
> > });
>
> >http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Autocomplete
>
> > Thanks for your time.
