New MVC2 Application Suggestion

I'm starting a project in ASP.NET MVC2 where I have a need to let the user select item(s) from a table with about 40000 records. This is NOT a shopping cart application.

I'd like to accomplish this using JQuery popup. Here is the order I have in mind...

Please think of this as building a new car

1. Customer starts to build a new car
2. Enters some basic info such as name, # of cylinders etc
3. Clicks an icon to show a JQuery modal popup to search parts required
4. Se开发者_如何学Clects an item/part after the search returns
5. Selected item shows up on the underlying [parent] page.
6. Repeat steps 3, 4, 5 to select additional items/parts.
7. Then Save to database in a Master/Detail type tables

This is similar to a shopping cart except there is no checkout and the user enters the order info before making the selections and I noticed that JQuery interfaces seem to appear richer.

If this is doable, I'm looking for suggestions and/or examples or a path to follow, being new to both MVC and JQuery.

Example of what I want to achieve can be seen at www.pageonce.com, only in a much smaller scale.

TIA ASP.NET MVC2, MS SQL Server, JQuery

Start with understanding how you will achieve Ajax with Asp.net MVC. Another suggestion is that consider moving to Asp.Net MVC 3. You will get Razor view engine and lots of Web Helpers which can enhance your UI further.