[support] More effective use of auto-complete in Profile

[Neil: esl-lounge.com]

Thanks for your response.

Unfortunately, I have a selection of 23,000 towns so that is not practical. 
Isn't there a way of getting the autocomplete to "look" in a different table 
for values?

N

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sime" <info at urbits.com>
To: <support at drupal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [support] More effective use of auto-complete in Profile


> The best you can do with profile module is to add "selection" field type
> and input your list right there.
>
> HTH
> .s
>
>
> Neil: esl-lounge.com wrote:
>
>> Is there a way of populating the profile_values table in the drupal DB
>> before opening your site to the public?
>>
>> I want the auto-complete to work and provide cities which I have
>> already put into the database. At the moment, they only include cities
>> that existing members have already entered.
>>
>> Also, is there a way of providing extra information in the dropdown
>> like you get on answers.com? If someone types "San Fr" I would like
>> something similar to "San Francisco (California)" to appear. Is that
>> possible?
>>
>> Neil
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