Using a rule to auto-populate fields

I'm using InfoPath/SharePoint 2010.
I work for a law firm and I am designing an InfoPath form for a SharePoint portal. We have a database will a list of matter numbers and names. One of the fields is called, Matter number and the other, Matter name.  I want users to be able to type
in the matter number, and have that number validated against the database to auto-populate the matter name in the matter name field. Does anyone know how I would be able to do that?

This would be done in InfoPath.
Click on your Matter Name field and then select properties. For default value, select the data source as your other data source and then highlight the Matter name field. Click filter data and use the form field for Matter number.
Check out this article:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharatgupta/archive/2013/03/07/create-cascading-dropdown-in-browser-enabled-infopath-form-using-infopath-2010.aspx
Andy Wessendorf SharePoint Developer II | Rackspace [email protected]

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