One hyperlink displays; one doesn't

MontereyDean

Hi! I'm using the server-side processing script, mysql and ajax. On the following page, the page link doesn't display as a link; but, the file link shows a link:

http://www.mcwd.org/service_forms.html

This is the code I'm using for those two columns:

    "columnDefs": [ {
        "targets": 2,
        "render": function ( data, type, full, meta ) {
            return '<a href=\"'+data+'\" target=\"_blank\">Visit</a>';
            },
        "targets": 4,
        "render": function ( data, type, full, meta ) {
            return '<a href=\"/'+data+'\" target=\"_blank\">View</a>';
            }
     } ]

Any idea why one works and one doesn't?

MontereyDean

Or, if I remove target 4, then target 2 works. Is it possible to have only 1 hyperlink per table?

allan

On the page you link to (but not the code above) you have two different columnDefs properties in the initialisation object. You can't do that I'm afraid - you can only have a single columnDefs array. But simply give it multiple objects to define multiple targets. You can have as many columns with links as you want!

Allan

MontereyDean

Yes, sorry. I tried two columnDefs when the above wouldn't work. Is there anyone who can tell me how to "simply give it multiple objects to define multiple targets"? Or point me to a page that shows me how?

allan

What I meant was you would do something like:

columnDefs: [
  { ... object 1 },
  { ... object 2 }
]

where object 1 and object 2 are the column definition objects (with their own targets value).

Allan

allan

Based on your code above you would have something like:

"columnDefs": [{
    "targets": 2,
    "render": function(data, type, full, meta) {
        return '<a href=\"' + data + '\" target=\"_blank\">Visit</a>';
    },
}, {
    "targets": 4,
    "render": function(data, type, full, meta) {
        return '<a href=\"/' + data + '\" target=\"_blank\">View</a>';
    }
}]

Allan

MontereyDean

Oh, my, gosh! Thank you so much. I was missing "}, {" between the two targets.