Can't get 1.9 to work.

bwls

I need to upgrade from 1.6.2 to 1.9.

The old code is working:
$(function(){
alert("starting ocvftable format.....");
$('#ocvftable').dataTable({
"aaSorting": [[2,'desc']],
"bPaginate": true,
"sPaginationType": "full_numbers",
"iDisplayLength": 30,
"bLengthChange": true,
"bFilter": false,
"aLengthMenu": [[20, 30, 50, -1], [20, 30, 50, "All"]]
});
alert("ocvftable formatted.....");
$("#retrievemsg").hide();
$("#flightno").focus(); // by id
});

1.9 never finishes this block and never displays the 2nd alert msg.

The remainder of the script is not processing.

Please help. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks, Bill S.