Autocomplete scalability

Posted by Wouter Van den Bosch on July 25, 2006 at 1:56pm

Hello,

I was wondering how scalable the Autocomplete functions are. More specifically I'm currently using the user/autocomplete function. Has anyone got any experience with the performance of this function in systems with large numbers of users ? I'm talking hundreds or even thousands.

Of course taking a decent server configuration into consideration.

I'd love to hear some experiences.

Best regards,
Wouter

Comments

Well, each time the

Posted by Michael M on July 25, 2006 at 2:10pm

Well, each time the autocomplete feature is engaged, it "costs" one page load. The output is limited to the first 10 results (so you don't get a list of 1000 users when you enter the letter 'a').

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Thanks Komressor.

Posted by Wouter Van den Bosch on July 26, 2006 at 12:20pm

Thanks Komressor.

Exactly what I wanted to know. Gives us a better clue in how to proceed.

Wout.

Also note: When creating

Posted by Michael M on July 26, 2006 at 1:58pm

Also note: When creating your own custom autocomplete for a website, you have full control over everything, including the number of results.

A good example of making your own autocomplete is for cities or states.

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There is a problem I got,

Posted by cr0ss on June 16, 2010 at 1:55pm

There is a problem I got, that page registrated thru hook_menu and this page is autocomplete callback already. So even if SQL executes for a 34 sec, the page renders and stops with a module_invoke_all('exit'); at callback more then 2-3 seconds.

How this problem could be solved?

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