jquery autocomplete with dynamic data and submitting on selection

jquery autocomplete with dynamic data and submitting on selection

Hey all,
 
First post to these forums as I usually can figure out issues on my own but I am stumped on this.
I am attempting to implement a member search feature where the user can begin typing and a member list is displayed, when they find the right person, they click or select them and it submits their data to another ajax function I have. For now I would accept seeing the "aha" alert appear but nothing is happening at all now. If I use the most basic of autocomplete examples provided it works, but I need to pass the id at selection to filter for the member.
 
header
 
  1. <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.0/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" />
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.js"></script>
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.0/jquery-ui.js"></script>
    <script>
     $( "#membersearch" ).autocomplete({
      minLength: 2,
      source: function( request, response )
       {             
                $.ajax(
                    {
                    url: "../_functions/members.asp",
                    data: {
                           term: request.term
                           },      
                    type: "POST",  // a jQuery ajax POST transmits in querystring format in utf-8
                    dataType: "json",   //return data in json format
                    success: function( data )
                        {
                            response( $.map( data, function( item )
                            {
                                return{
                                        label: item.fullname,
                                        value: item.id
                                       }
                            }));
                        }
                    });               
                },
            });
      select: function( event, ui ) {
             alert("aha!");
      return false;
      }  
     });
    </script>

































 
body
 
   <input id="membersearch" />               <--- autocomplete field
   <div id="memberfocus"></div>              <-- where I will display the results

data from members.asp
[{"fullname":"USERNAME1","id":"ID1"},{"fullname":"USER NAME2","id":"ID2"},.... {"fullname":"USER NAME1000","id":"ID1000"}]
 
The pertinent fields are id and fullname. fullname should be seen in the autocomplete list, id is the hidden submitted/stored value.
As I said, at this stage the autocomplete list isn't even appearing anymore and I've tried so many things in the last 3 days my head is swimming.
 
TIA,
Jay
 
PS I hope I picked the right forum for this post