Added autocompletion for the customer field in the sale editing screen

application/controllers/sales.php

@@ -269,8 +269,10 @@ class Sales extends Secure_area
 			$data['employees'][$employee->person_id] = $employee->first_name . ' '. $employee->last_name;
 		}
 
-		$data['sale_info'] = $this->Sale->get_info($sale_id)->row_array();
-				
+		$sale_info = $this->Sale->get_info($sale_id)->row_array();
+		$person_name = $sale_info['first_name'] . " " . $sale_info['last_name'];
+		$data['selected_customer'] = !empty($sale_info['customer_id']) ? $sale_info['customer_id'] . "|" . $person_name : "";
+		$data['sale_info'] = $sale_info;
 		
 		$this->load->view('sales/edit', $data);
 	}
@@ -428,4 +430,4 @@ class Sales extends Secure_area
     	$this->_reload();
 	}
 }
-?>
+?>

application/models/sale.php

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ class Sale extends CI_Model
 {
 	public function get_info($sale_id)
 	{
+		$this->db->select('sales.*', FALSE);
+		$this->db->select('people.*', FALSE);
 		$this->db->from('sales');
+		$this->db->join('people', 'people.person_id = sales.customer_id', 'LEFT');
 		$this->db->where('sale_id',$sale_id);
 		return $this->db->get();
 	}

application/views/sales/edit.php

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<div class="field_row clearfix">
 	<?php echo form_label($this->lang->line('sales_customer').':', 'customer'); ?>
 		<div class='form_field'>
-			<?php echo form_dropdown('customer_id', $customers, $sale_info['customer_id'], 'id="customer_id"');?>
+			<?php echo form_input(array('name' => 'customer_id', 'value' => $selected_customer, 'id' => 'customer_id'));?>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 	
@@ -75,16 +75,32 @@ $(document).ready(function()
 			return false;
 		}
 	});
+
+	var formatItem = function(row) {
+    	return [row[0], "|", row[1]].join("");
+	};
+	var autoCompleter = $("#customer_id").autocomplete('<?php echo site_url("sales/customer_search"); ?>', {
+    	minChars:0,
+    	delay:15, 
+    	max:100,
+       	cacheLength: 1,
+        formatItem: formatItem,
+        formatResult : formatItem
+    });
 	
 	$('#sales_edit_form').validate({
 		submitHandler:function(form)
 		{
+			var selectedCustomer = autoCompleter.val();
+			var selectedCustomerId = selectedCustomer.replace(/(\w)\|.*/, "$1");
+			selectedCustomerId && autoCompleter.val(selectedCustomerId);
 			$(form).ajaxSubmit({
 			success:function(response)
 			{
 				if(response.success)
 				{
 					set_feedback(response.message,'success_message',false);
+					autoCompleter.val(selectedCustomer);	
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -106,4 +122,4 @@ $(document).ready(function()
 		}
 	});
 });
-</script>
+</script>