Updating a TD class on load -- Columns vary based on session variable

bpelon

I'm pretty new to data tables so I apologize if I'm not finding something obvious.

I have a dataTables implementation that the amount of columns written to the table vary based on a php session variable used to toggle a minimized view and a full view. The data is loaded via ajax and the json sent back is adjusted server side.

I have all of that functioning, but I'm wondering how to add a class to certain fields knowing that I can't just predefine a call back like this example


[code]
"aoColumns": [
{"mData": "country", "fnCreatedCell": buttonCell},
{"mData": "operators", "fnCreatedCell": buttonCell},
{"mData": "platform", "fnCreatedCell": valueCell},
{"mData": "type", "fnCreatedCell": valueCell},
{"mData": "amount", "fnCreatedCell": createCell},
{"mData": "id", "fnCreatedCell": actionCell}
]
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Sometimes I send back data for a structure with
ITEM 1ITEM 2

and other times the data structure is
ITEM 1ITEM 2ITEM 3ITEM 4

My current JS implementation is :
[code]
$('#ContactsTable').dataTable( {
"bJQueryUI": true,
"sPaginationType": "full_numbers",
"sDom": '<"top"fpl>t<"F"pl>',
"bDestroy":true,
"oLanguage": {
"sLoadingRecords": " Loading Contacts Data"
},
"sAjaxSource": "PATH TO PHP FILE"
});
[/code]

I would prefer not to turn JS file into a php file if there is a way to handle this in data tables.

bpelon

I was able to get a working solution for my situation using just using css. last of type and not first on my table rows.

two use cases for me were :

[code]
.dataTable tr td:last-of-type {

}

.dataTable tr td:not(:first-child) {

}
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