How do I re-index search?

flowerchild22

I periodically change the text content of my table dynamically after it has been created (not using any methods from datatables.js). Search will still display rows based on the old data. I have tried calling fnDraw without success. How can I trigger a re-indexing of table data for search?

allan

Currently, the only way is to use the DataTables API. v1.10 is going to include an invalidate() method (indeed, I've just implemented it this week), which will have it re-read data from the original source, but its still an API method that you need to call to tell DataTables that something has happened.

Allan

flowerchild22

Looking forward to v1.10! For now I'm re-creating the entire table when I need to re-index using
[code]
function refreshTable(oTable, originalOptions) {
oTable.fnDestroy();
oTable.dataTable(originalOptions);
}
[/code]
Not efficient, but seems to work fine (couldn't get bDestroy working, seemed to always mess up the layout). Thanks for a fantastic library Allan!