Search a value with parenthesis in Datatable search not giving the result

subhajit

I have the following code which is used to create the datatble and filter the value, but when the value contains parenthesis then the search is not giving any result though value can be seen if I chose to see All.

initComplete: function () {
                         this.api().columns([1,2,3,4,5,6]).every(function () {
                         var column = this;
                         var select = $('<select style="width:130px; font-size: 13px;text-align-last: center; padding: 2px 1px 2px 1px; background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 6px;position: relative; "><option value="">(All)</option></select>')
                        .appendTo($(column.footer()))
                          .appendTo( $(column.footer()).empty() )
                                 .on('change', function () {
                                     var val = $.fn.dataTable.util.escapeRegex(
                                         $(this).val()
                                     );
                                    alert("Asche::"+val);
                                     column
                                         .search(val ? '^' + val + '$' : '', true, false)
                                         .draw();
                                 });
                             column.data().unique().sort().each(function (d, j) {
                                 select.append('<option style="text-align-last: right;" value="' + d + '">' + d + '</option>')
                    } );
                } );
            }

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kthorngren

Your code seems to work here:
http://live.datatables.net/pifeniqe/1/edit

Search for (System Architect) and it shows the row with (System Architect).

Please update the test case to replicate your issue.

Kevin