Dynamic option name upon table initialization

ludalex

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to write a function that loads the table with different sources (ajax/javascript array) dynamically.
Instead of writing the code to initialize the table twice in a conditional statment, I'd like to have the "source" option of the DataTable to come from a variable, as shown in this example:

[code]
if (navigator.onLine)
source_ = 'sAjaxSource'
else
source_ = 'aaData'

oTable = $('#table').dataTable({

"sDom": 'Tfrt',
source_: data

})
[/code]

It doesn't work as expected tough, any suggestions?

I know 'data' variable is not defined and the actual data source is not my problem as if I put a string like "aaData" instead of 'source_' (the option name) it works.

Thanks in advance

ludalex

Any ideas?

allan

Sounds like you want to execute a function that will make the decision, return an object and you can extend that:

[code]
function src () {
var o;

if ( ... ) {
o.aaData = [];
}
else {
o.sAjaxSource = ...;
}
}

oTable = $('#table').dataTable( $.extend( true, src(), {
sDom: ...
} );
[/code]

Allan

ludalex

@allan Brilliant, it works. Just need to declare "o" as object literal (o = {}) and return it at the end of src() ;)