Need advice on DataTables.

jQuery_user

Hello All,

I am new to jQuery and more so, to DataTables.
Can anybody give me an example/sample code/Architecture advice on how to implement DataTables inside a web application. Currently this web application uses JSP, and JavaBeans to access MS SQL database using JDBC.


Thanks

allan

Assuming your tables have less than 2000 rows (more than that, and IE will start running a bit slow, so consider server-side processing), you just output the table into HTML as normal and run DataTables on top of it: http://datatables.net/examples/basic_init/zero_config.html

Allan

jQuery_user

[code]$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').dataTable();
} );[/code]

I am a novice jQuery user,
can you elaborate on the code in the "zero_config.html" example?
In my app, a JSP uses bean to get an "ArrayList" of objects, how should I output this ArrayList into HTML,
Any suggestions on how to do this better?

Thanks

allan

I'm no JSP developer so I can't say, but how would you normally output an array as HTML? It might be better to ask that question on a JSP forum - I guess there much be a 'for' command, and an 'echo' or 'print' which would do it. Once you have the table as HTML, just run the code you have above.

Allan

jQuery_user

Allan,

Thanks for your advice. It is working now.

The images are not getting displayed (sort_desc.png, sort_asc.png) even though I copy-pasted them in my project "images" folder. What other configurations should I do, to include the style sheets and images?

Thanks