I don't think you can. DataTables is designed to enhance HTML tables, the home page says:
[quote]DataTables is a plug-in for the jQuery Javascript library. It is a highly flexible tool, based upon the foundations of progressive enhancement, which will add advanced interaction controls to any HTML table.[/quote]
If you don't want to use a table then DataTables isn't for you, sorry.
As essexsteph says you can't. DataTables is a table's library. It is not designed for using divs to create tables, which is wrong semantically and for accessibility anyway. DataTables does not and will not support such a mode.
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[quote]DataTables is a plug-in for the jQuery Javascript library. It is a highly flexible tool, based upon the foundations of progressive enhancement, which will add advanced interaction controls to any HTML table.[/quote]
If you don't want to use a table then DataTables isn't for you, sorry.
Steph
Allan