how to get the data inserted by the user with the new button for PreCreate Method

John Z

Hi,

I am working with datatable 1.10.10 and Editor 1.5.4.

how can I get the a value of a user's inputs for the new Button before the row is created.

Example:
(Create Button)
Form Below:

FName:
LName:
Salary:

How can I retrieved the value inserted by the user for Salary in the PreCreate.

ExampleTblEditor.on('PreCreate', function () { });

allan

The event name is case sensitive in Javascript - it is preCreate (note the lower case p).

What exactly do you want to do with the values? There are a number of places you can get it - e.g. before submission to the server, before writing to the DataTable, after writing to the DataTable.

Allan

John Z

Hi Allan,

Let's say the LName,
I want to retrieve the LName input by the user and search my data-table LName columns for the same LName retrieved, I want to delete any row that have that retrieved value, just from the UI.

Example

FName | LName
John Doe
Jack Steele

Inputs by the user
FName: John
LName:Doe

Results
FName | LName
Jack Steele

//delete any LName with Doe, and I only care about the user Interface.

I think I should be fine with both before writing to the Datatable and before submission for my requirements this is just an example.

Thanks,
John

allan

Interesting one. I think you would need to use submitComplete for this. The reason for that is if you want the client-side Editor to make another call to the server to delete a row, that is where you have to do it.

Another option would be to use a server-side event to delete the other rows. You'd then need to use ajax.reload() on the client-side to refresh the table since a row other than the one being edited might be removed from the table.

Allan