java - How do you have a text field do dynamic suggestions in the UI from a DB? -

i want have java program dynamically suggest list items user types in text field? want suggestions come table in db. might port javascript.

i'm not familiar sql, enough run simple queries need do. can normalize simple tables.

the db small (<1000 items), have data in local storage, , write event loop per keystroke search strings, wondering if there more efficient way generally.

i open using package or other don't have reinvent wheel, rather write efficiently myself.