Basic Question, how to inserting named columns with object

powlo

Hi,

I want to take a javascript object with named columns...

Eg

         var search_table = $('table#search.dataTable').dataTable( {
                "columns": [
                    { "title": "Contact" },
                    { "title": "Account"},
                    { "title": "Street"},
                    { "title": "City"},
                    { "title": "PostCode"}
             ]
         });

And then make a call to the api to insert a row with named data...

    var data = {'Contact':'Pearson','Account':'Unified Holdings Plc','Street':'3 Corporate Road','City':'York','Postcode':'LS43PR'};
    search_table.api().add.row(data);

I can't get the assignment to a named column to work. I get the cryptic error "Requested unknown parameter 0 for row 0".

(As an aside) I can however populate the table with a list. Eg

var data = ['Pearson','Unified Holdings Plc','3 Corporate Road','York','LS43PR'];
search_table.api().add.row(data);

How can I set up my table so object passing, with named columns, works?

I'd expect a call to .api().columns() to describe the names on the columns, instead I just get an array of equal key/value pairs. ([0:0,1:1,2:2 ...])

Seems like a noob question, so apologies in advance.

ETA: Using DataTables 1.10.2