IE runs slowly with large amounts of data

Sgsween

I've seen a lot of this on the forum and I've tried several suggestions. Below is where I'm at, looking for some suggestions.

Scenario:
20 - 30 data tables on a page (this is dynamic)
24 columns, 12 visible the rest hidden
3000 - 5000 rows total spread in all data tables
Can be up to 1000 in some tables (never more than 5000 in all tables)

I was using an older version of datatables (1.7.5). This was fine in chrome, FF, but in IE was taking way too long. After reading forums I upgraded to 1.9.4 and turned on bDeferRender and off bSortClasses.

Chrome is fast max 1.5 seconds with a total of 2000 rows across all tables.
IE8 700 - 100 across all tables, ok 3 seconds. But when I crank it up to 2000 IE throws the long running script message.

From what I understand IE throws this error when a max number of js scripts have run, which do to the number of rows, columns, and tables we are probably well over.

Has anyone run into this and found a way around it?

allan

30 odd tables on a single page? That's good going that! Do you need to load them all immediately? Or are they in tabs and they could be loaded at a later time, spreading the load?

You might also want to consider using server-side processing: http://datatables.net/faqs#speed . Although 30 odd Ajax requests on page load might be something your server objects to...

Allan

Sgsween

about half need to open on page load, but that could vary. server side is something I'm considering but trying to avoid. I've already written a lot of client side code that might have to be moved to the server if I go that way.