Programatically loading AJAX data

thelinuxlich

I have a dataTable with ajaxSource but I want it to load data only when I click a link. How can I disable data loading on initialization?

allan

You can use the fnServerData function to override the standard action of DataTables ( http://datatables.net/usage/callbacks#fnServerData ). You could just not do a call on the first call. An alternative is to use fnAddData and fnClearTable and a local javascript array to load data that you have retrieved.

Allan

jeezus

Maybe you can just enclose the dataTable drawing in another function an execute that function on buttonclick???

function foo() {
qtable = $('mytable').dataTables();
}

$('button').click(function() {
foo();
}
...

Just an idea... :)