[jQuery] autocomplete plugin - newbie question

[jQuery] autocomplete plugin - newbie question


You guys, I really dig working with jQuery, very powerful stuff. I've
been trying to implement the autocomplete plugin but I don't know how
to ask this question, or google what I need to know.
We have 6000 staff (records) here on campus and we want to be able to
search them by their first & last name. I have to use an XML web
service that's controlled by another group. Getting the output
changed would be near impossible, so it's gotta come out this way. I
curl that XML into a PHP. I pass that php a "GET" argument of name,
in this instance "casey" and below is what it comes back with.
Can this be done with XML like this using the autocomplete plugin
<searchResults status="OK">
    <totalEntries>4</totalEntries>
    <entry employeeID="cmwise">
        <email>cmwise@uakron.edu</email>
        <firstName>Casey</firstName>
        <fullName>Casey M Wise</fullName>
        <zip>3501</zip>
        <department name="Application Systems Svs">
            <title>Sr Web Developer</title>
        </department>
        <building>COMP 115</building>
        <lastName>Wise</lastName>
        <phone>330/972-6523</phone>
        <displayName>Mr Casey M Wise</displayName>
    </entry>
    <entry employeeID="cem22">
        <email>cem22@uakron.edu</email>
        <firstName>Casey</firstName>
        <fullName>Casey E Merriman</fullName>
        <zip>3001</zip>
        <department name="Speech, Lang/Path & Audiology">
            <title>Graduate Assistant</title>
        </department>
        <building></building>
        <lastName>Merriman</lastName>
        <phone></phone>
        <displayName> Casey E Merriman</displayName>
    </entry>
    <entry employeeID="cfm2">
        <email></email>
        <firstName>Casey</firstName>
        <fullName>Casey F Miller</fullName>
        <zip>4731</zip>
        <department name="Human Resources">
            <title>Employment Services Assistant</title>
        </department>
        <building>ASB 135</building>
        <lastName>Miller</lastName>
        <phone>330/972-5988</phone>
        <displayName>Ms Casey F Miller</displayName>
    </entry>
    <entry employeeID="cbakula">
        <email>cbakula@uakron.edu</email>
        <firstName>Casey</firstName>
        <fullName>Casey J Bakula</fullName>
        <zip>3904</zip>
        <department name="Electrical & Computer Engr">
            <title>Graduate Assistant</title>
        </department>
        <building></building>
        <lastName>Bakula</lastName>
        <phone></phone>
        <displayName>Casey J Bakula</displayName>
    </entry>
</searchResults>