DataTables

1. Filtering - this is DataTables typing to be smart - and is a built in feature, which currently can't be disabled. What DataTables does is break the string up on space characters and then tries to match against that. The way match a single string which is unbroken, is to us a custom filter: http://datatables.net/development/filtering (look at the "Custom global filters" section). It's not ideal - but it is possible. The next version of DataTables will provide more flexibility for this.

2. You can set bFilter:false ( http://datatables.net/usage/columns#bFilter ) to remove a specific column from filtering.

Allan

Hi Allan,
for some reason disabling the searchable for a column is not working if I disable the sorting for all columns.

my code is like this.
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
jQuery('#tempLib').dataTable({
"bPaginate": false,
"bLengthChange": false,
"aoColumns": [
{ "bSearchable": false },
null,
null,
null
],
"aaSorting": [[ 1, "asc" ]],
"aoColumns": [
{ "bSortable": false },
{ "bSortable": false },
{ "bSortable": false },
{ "bSortable": false }
],
"bInfo": false,
"bAutoWidth": false } );
});

My requirement is very simple I want all the data to be sorted by second column by default, and I dont want any sorting later, also I dont want first column to be searchable, as it has hyperlink and I am passing some Ids in the URL, it is searching those Ids also.
Can you please let me know what is wrong in the above code.

If I just remove this part
"aoColumns": [
{ "bSortable": false },
{ "bSortable": false },
{ "bSortable": false },
{ "bSortable": false }
],

It is not searching for the first column which is working fine, but I am getting sorting option for all the column names on top, which I dont need.

Please suggest.

Thanks
Syam

Thanks Tom,
it worked.
Syam