Checking data before applying filter

flarpy

Hi Allan

I am applying a filter in fnInitComplete as below:
this.fnFilter('<?php echo $this->escape($this->translate('live'), ENT_QUOTES);?>', findColumnNumber('status', settings.aoColumns));

This works fine, except in very rare circumstances where the dataset contains no items matching status 'live'. I would like to only apply the filter if the loaded data set contains 'live'. Please could you let me know the best way to achieve this.

Many thanks

allan

You'd need to use the fnGetColumnData plug-in to get the data for the column and check to see if your value is in it before then applying the filter. A $.inArray() should do the business.

Regards,
Allan

flarpy

Perfect, thanks