# Simle search (railscasts episode 37) with autocomplete?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simle-search-railscasts-episode-37-with-autocomplete/144836>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 2, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simle-search-railscasts-episode-37-with-autocomplete/144836 "2008-08-02T21:05:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![pepa007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@pepa007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pepa007)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simle-search-railscasts-episode-37-with-autocomplete/144836/1 "2008-08-02T21:05:13Z")

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Hi guys,

sorry if it’s pretty easy, coz I’m still a newbie…

how do I add the autocomplete feature to the simple search introduced  
by Ryan B. in the railscasts episode 37 ([http://railscasts.com/](http://railscasts.com/)  
episodes/37-simple-search-form)

Thank you very much!

Josef

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**Author:** ![pepa007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@pepa007](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pepa007)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simle-search-railscasts-episode-37-with-autocomplete/144836/2 "2008-08-02T22:00:14Z")

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take look at:

> **[Ajax on Rails](https://www.theregister.com/2007/01/15/ajax_rails_tutorial/)**
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> Bringing together Ajax and Rails with Prototype