How to catch dataTables before rendering

jdadwilson

One of the modules in my web-app allows the user to scroll by months to filter records from the database. For some months there may be no records. Is there a way to catch dataTables before the table is rendered so that it will not display the header and the its 'No data available for table' message and I can simply add a message such as 'No records found for the selected month'

jdadwilson

jdadwilson

I figured it out. I set the table and the no records message in two separate divs which are hidden on the table load function. Then in the fnInitComplete I do the following...

'fnInitComplete': function(oSettings, json) {
if ( this.fnGetData().length === 0 ) {
$('#noRecords').show();
} else {
$('#invTable').show();
}

Works great.
jdadwilson