TypeError: appendTo is not a function

nayton

**Error messages shown:
jQuery.Deferred exception: appendTo is not a function TypeError: appendTo is not a function:

Description of problem: when I load the page, in the chorme developer tool console it says: appendTo is not a function TypeError: appendTo is not a function

and points the error to line 8: appendTo($(column.footer()).empty())

Can someone help me ?

 <script>
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $('#example').DataTable({
                initComplete: function() {
                    this.api().columns().every(function() {
                        var column = this;
                        var select = $('<select><option value=""></option></select>')
                        appendTo($(column.footer()).empty())
                            .on('change', function() {
                                var val = $.fn.dataTable.util.escapeRegex(
                                    $(this).val()
                                );
                                column
                                    .search(val ? '^' + val + '$' : '', true, false)
                                    .draw();
                            });
                        column.data().unique().sort().each(function(d, j) {
                            select.append('<option value="' + d + '">' + d + '</option>')
                        });
                    });
                },
                "language": {
                    "lengthMenu": "Exibindo _MENU_ registros por página",
                    "zeroRecords": "Nenhum registro encontrado",
                    "info": "Exibindo página _PAGE_ de _PAGES_",
                    "infoEmpty": "Nenhum registro disponível",
                    "infoFiltered": "(filtrado de _MAX_ registros no total)"
                }
            });
        });
    </script>

kthorngren

Looks like you are missing a period. Line 8 should look like this:

.appendTo($(column.footer()).empty())

Kevin

nayton

It was exactly that. Thanks a lot for the help.