newbie question? Can we use div instead of html table?

cmanva

I just found this site and have a simple question about the software.
Under usage, it recommends using html table. I am working on a classic asp site that uses divs instead of html table. Will it work with divs? What would be the equivalent of the following:

[code]



Column 1
Column 2
etc




Row 1 Data 1
Row 1 Data 2
etc


Row 2 Data 1
Row 2 Data 2
etc


[/code]

cmanva

I guess no?

allan

No I'm afraid not. The TABLE tag has semantic meaning and DataTables builds on that. The DIV tag is just a block level element and doesn't mean very much. DataTables takes this approach for reasons of progressive enhancement.

One possible option if you can't format as a table is to use Javascript to read your DIV structure and create a table from it, which you then run DataTables on.

Allan