I have a very simple SQL table that I want to import into Solr but because of the features I want for search I can\'t determine the best schema.
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You can implement this using either facet.prefix, TermsComponent or NGrams.
One of those articles also shows how to bind it using jQuery or you could use ajax-solr.
By the way, a specific autosuggest component is to be included in the next release of Solr.