On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:50:53 -0600, Peter wrote:
I have 20000 Items (LastName, FirstName) I need to display in a DropDown
box, but it takes a while to load them after every postback.
What would be the best way to allow user to view these 20000 items without
loading all of them every time?
You might want to consider a paged display approach. Only show 25, 50, or
100 items at a time, with forward and back buttons.
Or, you might want to consider a "filtered" search approach where the user
clicks on the first letter of the group they want to list, or provide a
textbox for them to type a few letters to search on.
Or, you could use an AJAX approach to filter results dynamically in real
time, similar to Google Suggest, though that's certainly far more advanced.
http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=iw&complete=1&q=