Add custom text and/or fields to table info

Gerardo

Case in point:

I have some memcached data I want to present in a table.
Took care of passing last_updated and time_to_live.

[code]
$.getJSON("ranks.php", query_args, function(json) {
$("#points").dataTable( {
...........................................................................
last_updated: json.last_updated,
time_to_live: json.time_to_live
} );
[/code]

Is there a way to put this info in the table (not in a field, in a header/footer)?

allan

There certainly is - just use standard DOM methods (or jQuery...):

[code]
$('#points tfoot>tr td:eq(0)').html( json.last_updated );
[/code]
For example.

Allan

Gerardo

Thanks, Allan!

Worked fine, once I added a tfoot (is there a way to add one using jQuery?)

Gerardo

allan

You can add a table footer using insertAfter, or any other DOM manipulation method jQuery provides. Or you can change the selector to insert the information into the header. Whichever you prefer :-)

Allan

Gerardo

hmm, just below this comment:

[code]
/*
* Final init
* Sanity check that there is a thead and tfoot. If not let's just create them
*/
[/code]

thead and tbody are created if not existant, but tfoot is not. Maybe you meant tbody instead?

Thanks,
Gerardo

allan

I did indeed - thanks for pointing that out.

Allan