Uning external search parameters in DT with Ajax

Uning external search parameters in DT with Ajax

bozdenbozden Posts: 10Questions: 0Answers: 0
edited November 2013 in DataTables 1.9
Hi Allen,

I know that DT is not designed for this but I think you can give some advice..

I have a database for library catalogue, with many fields. I use DT to show them as a table using Ajax. The DT search is available for only the fields shown in the DT.

Suppose I write another PHP file with a general search form. I want to find all records matching the criteria and show it on a DT. How can I do that with Ajax? Without Ajax it is working as I pass the search parameters and query the DB with these. But I need Ajax as the returned resultset is large.

Any ideas is very much appreciated.
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