How to set-up jquery-ui autocomplete in Rails

Question

I need some help on how to implement a jquery-ui autocomplete in my Rails app.

I want to add autocompletion to a text field where the user can enter in a customer na

Answer 1

I basically followed Dale's advice below but my controller and js files were slightly diff- his version was giving me issues for some reason (maybe bc of jquery updates)

Context: I'm trying to autocomplete names of DJs typed in by users - also a newb

DJs Controller

 class DjsController < ApplicationController
    def index
     if params[:term]
       @djs = Dj.is_dj.where('lower(name) LIKE ?', "%#{params[:term].downcase}%")
       respond_to do |format|  
          format.html
          format.json { render :json => @djs.map(&:name) }
       end
     end    
   end
 end

html.erb file