<System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptMethod(), System.Web.Services.WebMethod()> _
    Public Shared Function SearchCustomers(ByVal prefixText As String, ByVal count As Integer) As List(Of String)

        Dim DBconn As New OleDb.OleDbConnection
        DBconn.ConnectionString = (ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("connessione").ConnectionString)

        

        DBconn.Open()
        Dim DBComm As OleDbCommand
        DBComm = DBconn.CreateCommand()
        DBComm.CommandType = CommandType.Text
        DBComm.CommandText = "select nomi from Tabella1 where" & " nomi like @SearchText + '%'"
        DBComm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@SearchText", prefixText)


        Dim customers As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)
        Dim sdr As OleDbDataReader = DBComm.ExecuteReader()
        While sdr.Read
            customers.Add(sdr("nomi").ToString)
        End While
        DBconn.Close()
        Return customers
    End Function