display field in autosuggest

Hi I'm using cfautosuggest and I am displaying surname first_name fields in the dropdown box. However these 2 fields appear to be the only 2 fields that are passed onto the form action page. I need the contact-id field (as there are sometimes more than one person with the same surname and first_name) I can choose the contact_id as a display field in autosuggest but I do not want to display it in the form. Any help please Ta Seamus

You won't be able to do that with the cfautosuggest unless you make your own js to compliment it. If you're willing to go that far, you're probably better off finding a js widget that already does what you're after; ie. there may something on Yahoo UI or perhaps a JQuery plugin. Incidentally, cfautosuggest is an implementation of the YUI autosuggest widget so that might be a good place to start to see if someone has already done what you're after. HTH Dominic ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----