Bound autosuggest only displays selective results?

Question

I've been stumped by this issue and hope someone here can point me in the right direction:
I have a autosuggest field that is bound to a component. When I call the component directly, it works as intended... when I try and use the component through the binding, it doesn't give me the same results.
Here's the autosuggest code:
<cfform name="teamsform">
Search for a team: <br>
Use team name, team id or any part of a team member's name.<br>
<cfinput autosuggest="cfc:/ofcomponents.teams.getteams({cfautosuggestvalue})" autosuggestminlength="2" type="text" name="userSearchTerm" size="50" typeahead="yes"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Go">
</cfform>
Here's the CFC:
<cfcomponent>
    <cffunction name="getTeams" access="remote" returntype="string">
            <cfargument name="usersearchterm" required="yes" type="string">
                <cfquery name="getTeams" datasource="#REQUEST.dsn#">
                SELECT t.team_name as name
                FROM of_users u left outer join of_teams t on u.of_user_id = t.user_id
                WHERE 0 = 0
                <cfif arguments.usersearchterm neq "">
                and (t.team_name like '%#arguments.usersearchterm#%'
                or t.team_id like  '%#arguments.usersearchterm#%')
                </cfif>
                and u.user_type_id in (select user_type_id from of_user_types where user_type_description = 'team')
                UNION
                SELECT t.team_name as name
                FROM of_users u, of_teams t, of_team_participants tp
                WHERE u.of_user_id = tp.participant_id and t.of_team_id = tp.team_id
                <cfif arguments.usersearchterm neq "">
                and u.first_name like  '%#arguments.usersearchterm#%'
                or u.last_name like  '%#arguments.usersearchterm#%'
                </cfif>
                and u.user_type_id = (select user_type_id from of_user_types where user_type_description = 'participant')
                </cfquery>
                   <!---  <cfdump var="#getteams#">
                    <cfabort> --->
<cfset returnlist = valuelist(getTeams.name)>
    <cfreturn returnlist>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>
As mentioned, when I call the component directly, like this:
<cfinvoke component="/ofComponents.teams" method="getTeams" returnvariable="varret">
   <cfinvokeargument name="usersearchterm" value="Logan">
   </cfinvoke>
   <cfdump var="#varret#">
It gives me the correct results (i.e. the Team name)
When I type the same term in the text field, I get no results. When I type in a team name, I only get a result when the team name starts with the search term I am typing. Any other search returns no results.
Can anyone see if I am doing something wrong or is there something else going on that I am not aware of?
Thanks!

Answer 1

When I type the same term in the text field, I get no results. When I type in a team name, I only get a result when the team name starts with the search term I am typing. Any other search returns no results.
That's pretty much what I expect to happen with autosuggest. You've set autosuggestminlength to 2, so Coldfusion will respond only after you type the second character. It will then show you  elements from the list -- if there are any -- whose first 2 characters match what you typed. If you want instant matching you should set autosuggestminlength to 1.