I want to do filtering (search) on five of datatables together.

aco

Hi!

I have five different datatables and each of them are on the different pages.
I want to do filtering (search) on five of them together.
Hoever I can only manage filtering within one datatable.
How can I manage filtering between those five datatables?

If those five different datatables are put together on one page,
is it possible to do filtering on five of them together?

I also have one more question.

I want to burn those datatables onto DVDs.
Does filtering system function on DVDs?

Thanks so much for your help in advance!

allan

When you say different pages, do you mean different HTML pages? If so, you would need to pass a parameter using the URL with the current search string to the other page(s) which will use the query string to set the oSearch property of the DataTable initialisation ( http://datatables.net/usage/options#oSearch ).

If you mean that you could have 5 windows open at the same time, then you would need to use Javascript communication between the windows to call the filtering function in each window.

For filtering five tables on one page, yes that also is possible (and probably significantly easier that the two above) - you simply need to call fnFilter on each of the tables with your search string.

As for DVDs - you would need to export the table to a suitable format (jpg?) and then use a DVD authoring program to create the DVD.

Allan

aco

Dear Allan:

Thanks so much!
I really appreciate it.

That would help me out.

Best regards,
Akiko