Hi!
I''m trying to convert our Windows application into web-based
application.
It''s a personal project to see if that''s feasible.
There''s a table for patients.
In a [new patient] window, you need to select a guarantor(responsible
party for the patient, mostly father of family. It''s self-referential
foreign key.).
In the Windows application, it opens a modal window and search a
guarantor in a big list and if you select a guarantor the modal window
closes and selected guarantor is set to a hidden field (guarantor_id)
and shows name in a read-only field.
I think this is quite common case for foreign keys.
If the list is small, I can use <select> and show them all in it.
But if the list is big, <select> is not practical.
Of course, I can open a search window (new browser) to select one.
But as you know, in web applications, browser is not modal.
Probably, Ajax-style auto-completion might be an answer.
I''m not sure.
Anybody has experiences/ideas with this issue?
Can you share it with people?
Thanks.
Sam
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