First of all, your back end servlet/PHP/ASP etc needs to return JSON.
I simply return this if the record is empty: [ {records:'0'} ]
Then, in the formatItem function I check the JSON data:
if (data.records && data.records == "0") {
return "No match found";
}
John
On Jun 23, 12:48 pm, Dushyant Patel <patel.dushy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Could you please share code snippet with me.
>
> Thanks in advanced.
>
> On Jun 23, 9:29 am, JohnT <jtra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi. Sorry, but I am not getting this flicker effect.
>
> > Actually, I don't think this method is such a good idea anymore
> > because you'd be forking the original source code. Now, I am simply
> > returning a JSON record that indicates that there are 0 records and
> > this works better for me.
>
> > John
>
> > On Jun 22, 9:13 pm, Dushyant Patel <patel.dushy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > i foundnd it, but its getting some flicker effect. how to avoid that?
> > > do you any idea? please share with me.
>
> > > Thanks
>
> > > On Jun 22, 7:36 pm, Dushyant Patel <patel.dushy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Could you please tell me where exactly added following script block.
>
> > > > isEmpty: function(data) {
> > > > if (data == 0) {
> > > > $("#result").html("No match found");
> > > > }
> > > > }
>
> > > > I am having same problem, but i don't want to show message, i just
> > > > want to simply hide layer.
>
> > > > On Jun 5, 4:20 pm, JohnT <jtra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi. I've just started using jQuery Autocomplete a few weeks ago.
>
> > > > > While using jQuery, I found that I needed to know how many records
> > > > > were returned and also if the result set returned was empty. After
> > > > > searching the jQuery documentation I couldn't find any property or
> > > > > method that returned this value, so I've added that functionality
> > > > > myself and wanted to share it with the group.
>
> > > > > 1) Determine the number of records returned:
>
> > > > > I wanted to show the user how many results were returned after they
> > > > > start typing into the autocomplete field similar to how Google
> > > > > indicates the number of results found when you start typing in the
> > > > > search box.
>
> > > > > At first I thought the max parameter in the function formatItem
> > > > > returned this value. However, it returns the max option that you set
> > > > > it to. So if your query returns 100 records and you set max to 25,
> > > > > it'll obviously return 25 (not what I wanted).
>
> > > > > So after trying various things, I looked at the jQuery code and simply
> > > > > added the number of records returned by the database to the
> > > > > formateItem function. In the fillList() function around line 660 I
> > > > > added the data.length parameter:
>
> > > > > var formatted = options.formatItem(data[i].data, i+1, max,
> > > > > data
> > > > > [i].value, term, data.length);
>
> > > > > And in my autocomplete code, I added the parameter to the end of the
> > > > > param list:
>
> > > > > formatItem: function(data, i, total, value, searchTerm,
> > > > > totalResults)
>
> > > > > So now whenever a new search is preformed, I get back the number of
> > > > > search result from the database.
>
> > > > > 2) Determine if a result set returned was empty
>
> > > > > I wanted to update a <div> with a message like "no records found"
> > > > > whenever the query yielded no results. Again, after searching the
> > > > > jQuery documentation, I couldn't find any property or method that
> > > > > would indicate this so I added it to the code.
>
> > > > > In the request function after the line var data = cache.load(term); I
> > > > > added the following:
>
> > > > > if (!data) {
> > > > > options.isEmpty(0);
> > > > > } else {
> > > > > options.isEmpty(data.length);
> > > > > }
>
> > > > > And in my autocomplete code, I added the following:
>
> > > > > isEmpty: function(data) {
> > > > > if (data == 0) {
> > > > > $("#result").html("No match found");
> > > > > }
> > > > > }
>
> > > > > Hope this helps others. Since I am new to jQuery I'd appreciate any
> > > > > feedback especially if there is a better way to do this.
>
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > John
