Just to make this open, the file in question is  http://textbookly.com/jQuerytest/code/ajax.php?term=test where test is where the query is. Its output is text, and I think the format is acceptable.

<script type="text/javascript"> 

$(function() { function log(message) { 

$("<div/>").text(message).prependTo("#log"); 

$("#log").attr("scrollTop", 0); } 

$("#birds").autocomplete({ source: "search.php", minLength: 2, select: function(event, ui) 

{ log(ui.item ? ("Selected: " + ui.item.value + " aka " + ui.item.id) : "Nothing selected, input was " + this.value); } }); });

</script>

This seems to be the right example code, but when I configure it I can't get it to work. Any ideas?