Exact search in datatable dropdown

Exact search in datatable dropdown

shafiqkrshafiqkr Posts: 23Questions: 0Answers: 0
edited June 2013 in General
I have a simple table with tree rows.I have a dropdown have three values (Apartment,Loft apartment,Hotel apartment).
When i select Apartment it show me Loft apartment also. I know that there is some text matches,i want to search exact complete text..

I tried this but no luck
oTable.fnFilter( "^"+this.value+"$", $(this).attr('id') , true);

here is my html

http://jsfiddle.net/D4xZy/

Here is my code

$("#tbl thead select").change( function () {
oTable.fnFilter( this.value, $(this).attr('id') );
});
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