Get datatable 1.10 as jquery object

Muhahe

Hi, is possible, to get jquery object from datatable variable in 1.10?

If i initialize table like this

var table = '<table id="projects_table">'+
        '<thead>'+
            '<tr>'+
                '<th></th>'+
                '<th>Project ID</th>'+
                '<th>Customer</th>'+
                '<th>Platform</th>'+               
            '</tr>'+
        '</thead>'+
        '<tr><th>0</th><th>1</th><th>2</th><th>3</th></tr>'+
    '</table>';
    
   var dTable = $(table).dataTable();

i get jquery object to variable dTable

but when i use (capital D)

var table = '<table id="projects_table">'+
        '<thead>'+
            '<tr>'+
                '<th></th>'+
                '<th>Project ID</th>'+
                '<th>Customer</th>'+
                '<th>Platform</th>'+               
            '</tr>'+
        '</thead>'+
        '<tr><th>0</th><th>1</th><th>2</th><th>3</th></tr>'+
    '</table>';
    
   var dTable = $(table).DataTable();

I get datatable api. Its way to get jquery object from capital D initialization? Because if i understand well, initialization without capital D is for old datatables. Or am i wrong?

vogomatix

See to$()

Incidentally your table is just a HTML string and isn't in the DOM when you're creating a datatable api. I suspect this may give you issues.

allan

Because if i understand well, initialization without capital D is for old datatables.

Not the old DataTables, but rather $().dataTable() and $().DataTable() return different things and both are fully supported. If you want the jQuery object use $().dataTable().

Allan

Muhahe

Thanks for it Allan, my mistake i didnt know it.

vogomatix: i think it is possible to create datatable on HTML string which ones representig element (before inserting to DOM). In example 1 if i insert dTable into DOM, datatable appears here