input type="text" class="form-control" id="schoolname" name="schoolname" value="#getapp.showipeds#" />
<input type="hidden" class="form-control" name="AI_IPEDS" id="AI_IPEDS" value="#getapp.AI_IPEDS#" />
$("#schoolname").autocomplete({
source: function(request, response){
$.ajax({
url: "ipeds.cfc?method=companyNameList",
dataType: "json",
data: {
searchterm: request.term
},
success: function(data){
response(data);
}
})
},
minLength: 3,
select: function(event, ui) {
$('#AI_IPEDS').val(ui.item.id);
$('#schoolname').val(ui.item.label);
}
});
<cffunction name="companyNameList" access="remote" output="false" hint="I return a list of companies with IDs" returnformat="JSON">
<cfargument name="searchterm" required="false" default="" />
<cfset var returnArray = arrayNew(1) />
<cfquery name="qryStates" dataSource="mcsf">
Select schoolname + ' (' + schoolcity + ', ' + schoolstate + ')' as showme, ipedsid from College_IPEDS where schoolname like <cfqueryparam value="%#arguments.searchterm#%" cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar"> order by schoolname, schoolstate
</cfquery>
<CFIF qryStates.recordcount>
<cfloop query="qryStates">
<cfset statesStruct = StructNew() />
<cfset statesStruct["id"] = ipedsid />
<cfset statesStruct["label"] = showme />
<cfset ArrayAppend(returnArray,statesStruct) />
</cfloop>
<CFELSE>
<cfset statesStruct = StructNew() />
<cfset statesStruct["id"] = 0 />
<cfset statesStruct["label"] = showme />
<cfset ArrayAppend(returnArray,statesStruct) />
</CFIF>
<cfreturn returnArray />
</cffunction>
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