If there is only one record, but the table info show "entries", is it ok?

bikai

If there is only one record, table info might be like this:
Showing 1 to 1 of 1 **entries** (filtered from 57 total entries)
Is it more precise to use "entry" instead of "entries"?

allan

You are correct - that would be more correct. There isn't currently a way to give DataTables information about plural values for those variables, although it is something I am aware of and need to improve. I just need to find a good way to do it that will work for all languages and not be seriously confusing to use!

Allan

bikai

Thanks, allan.

sagarbendale

There might be a better solution:
But you can achieve this by updating the dataTables.js like below

function _fnInfoMacros ( settings, str )
    {
        // When infinite scrolling, we are always starting at 1. _iDisplayStart is used only
        // internally
        var
            formatter  = settings.fnFormatNumber,
            start      = settings._iDisplayStart+1,
            len        = settings._iDisplayLength,
            vis        = settings.fnRecordsDisplay(),
            all        = len === -1;
                if(start === settings.fnDisplayEnd() && start === vis)str=str.replace(/_ENTRY_/g, "entry" );else{str = str.replace(/_ENTRY_/g, "entries" );}
        return str.
            replace(/_START_/g, formatter.call( settings, start ) ).
            replace(/_END_/g,   formatter.call( settings, settings.fnDisplayEnd() ) ).
            replace(/_MAX_/g,   formatter.call( settings, settings.fnRecordsTotal() ) ).
            replace(/_TOTAL_/g, formatter.call( settings, vis ) ).
            replace(/_PAGE_/g,  formatter.call( settings, all ? 1 : Math.ceil( start / len ) ) ).
            replace(/_PAGES_/g, formatter.call( settings, all ? 1 : Math.ceil( vis / len ) ) );
    }

and

"sInfo": "Showing _START_ to _END_ of _TOTAL_ _ENTRY_",

allan

Yup - its a good suggestion that, and probably the route that I'm going to take. I'm slightly concerned about languages where the order of the sentence isn't the same as in English, but I don't really have enough domain knowledge about that. As far as I can see, this is the best solution available.

Allan