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Using a nice AJAX auto completable input box is much nicer (for the user) than a combo box with 100 options. If you use jQuery, you may use a quite easy yet powerful plug-in called jquery.autocomplete (original, eh?). Grab it athttp://www.pengoworks.com/workshop/jquery/autocomplete.htm. Anyway, just to sum it up (you can learn how to use it in detail from the authors web...

 jQuery is awesome.  If you haven't started looking at it, I highly recommend that you do.  It works wonders in the ASP.NET MVC world.  One of the best things about jQuery is the enormous number of plug-ins that are available for adding even more functionality...

The Goal Allow the user to select a top level category from one select box and to automatically populate the sub-category. Prerequisites Latest copy of jQuery A basic understanding of JSON (don't let this put you off - it's really very, very easy) A server-side script that can respond to the AJAX request (though I've provided a simple example) Demo Our demo...