Load Initial Data Without Ajax Call

cblaze22

I am loading data on an initial ajax call that also gets the options, but I don't want the second ajax call (or first from the perspective of the datatable) to go out to get the inital data since I brought it back with the options request. How can I do this?

allan

You've got two options:

1. Make the Ajax call yourself and then feed the data to the DataTable using fnAddData ( http://datatables.net/api#fnAddData )

2. Let DataTables make the call for you, then in fnInitComplete ( http://datatables.net/ref#fnInitComplete ) the second parameter will be the JSON object returned from the server.

Regards,
Allan

cblaze22

In number one, if I want to AddData manually, then how can I stop the ajax call from making the intial request, so on say page 2, it would make that ajax request.

cblaze22

not sure why you didnt say iDeferLoading, cause that actually worked.

allan

Sorry I misunderstood the question! Are you using server-side processing and you want the Ajax request to work thereafter? In which case yes, iDeferLoading would be ideal. Glad you found it :-)

Allan