Event for no records

UngarMax

Hello,

I would like to know whether there is an event that is triggered when there are no records (retrieved by AJAX, for e.g.). I am willing to not render the datatable so I can show a custom message of my own instead.

Thanks.

UngarMax

Bump.

allan

There is no event for that as such - you would need to use draw and then use page.info() to check how many records there are.

Allan

UngarMax

@allan Ok, thanks for your answer! Would it be possible to prevent the table from drawing in draw so it is not showed? (So I can draw a bootstrap alert instead).

Would a return false do the trick?

allan

No - the draw event happens at the end of the draw to inform you that the table has been drawn. I guess you could hide the table at that point and show a Bootstrap alert if that is what you need tho.

Allan

UngarMax

Awesome, didn't think about that. I think this could be a new feature implemented in future versions.

allan

The problem with that is that there should then be an event for just 1 record, 2 records, etc. Having the draw event with a single call to the API to get the required information is a nice simple generic way of doing it.

Allan