Column filtering on URL query string

danstaunton

Hi,

Can someone help me with automatically filtering a column from a URL query string.

At the moment I can set the value of my column filter to value in my URL. However I have to hit return or type in a space in the column filter in order for it to return rows matching my filter.

http://79.174.222.26:8080/dashboard/portal.php?ref=23456

In the above example I want my data in column 0 to automatically filter values containing 23456 in them automatically.

Would appreciate any help.

Thanks

danstaunton

Can anyone help?
Thanks

allan

Use fnFilter and base it on the `window.location.search` property.

Allan

danstaunton

Hi Allan,

Is it possible to automatically populate an input box with this filter? The reason why I would like it in this box is so when my user wants to clear the filter all they need to do is remove the text from this box.

This is the example I am working off:
http://datatables.net/release-datatables/examples/api/multi_filter.html

Thank you

allan

Sure - get the search term from `location.search` and just put it into the search box using jQuery.

Allan