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title: AJAX ASP
description: "> AJAX is used to create more interactive applications. ## AJAX ASP Example The following example will demonstrate how a web page can communicate with a web server while a user type characters in an input field: ### Example Suggestions:…"
url: "https://apprentice.mn/docs/ajax-asp/"
updated: "2021-05-19"
category: Javascript
---

# AJAX ASP

> AJAX is used to create more interactive applications.

## AJAX ASP Example

The following example will demonstrate how a web page can communicate with a web server while a user type characters in an input field:

### Example

Suggestions:

First name:

## Example Explained

In the example above, when a user types a character in the input field, a function called `showHint()` is executed.

The function is triggered by the `onkeyup` event.

Here is the HTML code:

### Example

      `<html>
<head>
<script>
function showHint(str) {
  if (str.length == 0) {
    document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML = "";
    return;
  } else {
    var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
      if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
        document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML = this.responseText;
      }
    };
    xmlhttp.open("GET", "gethint.asp?q=" + str, true);
    xmlhttp.send();
  }
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p><b>Start typing a name in the input field below:</b></p>
<form>
First name: <input type="text" onkeyup="showHint(this.value)">
</form>
<p>Suggestions: <span id="txtHint"></span></p>
</body>
</html>`

Code explanation:

First, check if the input field is empty (str.length == 0). If it is, clear the content of the txtHint placeholder and exit the function.

However, if the input field is not empty, do the following:

- Create an XMLHttpRequest object
- Create the function to be executed when the server response is ready
- Send the request off to an ASP file (gethint.asp) on the server
- Notice that q parameter is added gethint.asp?q=”+str
- The str variable holds the content of the input field

## The ASP File – “gethint.asp”

The ASP file checks an array of names, and returns the corresponding name(s) to the browser:

     `<%
response.expires=-1
dim a(30)
'Fill up array with names
a(1)="Anna"
a(2)="Brittany"
a(3)="Cinderella"
a(4)="Diana"
a(5)="Eva"
a(6)="Fiona"
a(7)="Gunda"
a(8)="Hege"
a(9)="Inga"
a(10)="Johanna"
a(11)="Kitty"
a(12)="Linda"
a(13)="Nina"
a(14)="Ophelia"
a(15)="Petunia"
a(16)="Amanda"
a(17)="Raquel"
a(18)="Cindy"
a(19)="Doris"
a(20)="Eve"
a(21)="Evita"
a(22)="Sunniva"
a(23)="Tove"
a(24)="Unni"
a(25)="Violet"
a(26)="Liza"
a(27)="Elizabeth"
a(28)="Ellen"
a(29)="Wenche"
a(30)="Vicky"

'get the q parameter from URL
q=ucase(request.querystring("q"))

'lookup all hints from array if length of q>0
if len(q)>0 then
  hint=""
  for i=1 to 30
    if q=ucase(mid(a(i),1,len(q))) then
      if hint="" then
        hint=a(i)
      else
        hint=hint & " , " & a(i)
      end if
    end if
  next
end if

'Output "no suggestion" if no hint were found
'or output the correct values
if hint="" then
  response.write("no suggestion")
else
  response.write(hint)
end if
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