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Auto-Complete Association (revised)

#102 Auto-Complete Association (revised)

Nov 10, 2011 | 9 minutes | Ajax, Forms
A select menu is often used for setting a belongs_to association, but you should also consider using a text field with autocomple. Here I use jQuery UI and show two different solutions: client side and server side.
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