Ajax livesearch weird behavior...

Discussion in 'JavaScript' started by clix99, Dec 10, 2011.

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  1. #1
    Hi,

    I used the code on the following example:
    http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ajax_livesearch.asp

    Instead of xml I use mysql but it works the same way.


    My problem is with this character '#' (shift 3 - on my keyboard).
    Some of the words in my database table contain this character but when I type it, it acts like nothing was typed.

    Any idea on what to do to make this work like any other character?

    Thanks
     
    clix99, Dec 10, 2011 IP
  2. JohnnySchultz

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    you need to use.. encodeURIComponent

    add this part before xmlhttp.open
    
str = encodeURIComponent(str);
    Code (markup):
     
    JohnnySchultz, Dec 12, 2011 IP