Object Doesn't support property or method: v1.5 beta 11

alinwrkshp

Hi Allan,

The below code runs fine in v1.4.3 but when i swap out the .js file with v1.5 beta 11 i get the above error message on line: 514 Char: 4.

Do I need to add an option or something to get this working again with the new beta version?

thx for any help!!
Justin
[code]
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
var mystr ="[[ '1234', 'TEST1', 1111111, 222222, 3333 ],[ '1234', 'TEST2', 1111111, 222222, 3333 ]]";
$('#grid').dataTable( {
"aaData": eval(mystr) ,
"aoColumns": [
{"sTitle": "Column1"},
{"sTitle": "Column2"},
{"sTitle": "Column3"},
{"sTitle": "Column4"},
{"sTitle": "Column5"}
]
});


...






Column1
Column2
Column3
Column4
Column5






[/code]

allan

Hi alinwrkshp,

Thanks very much for posting your code here. It's really helped get to the bottom of what I believe has been the root cause of a number of questions posted today :-).

The problem comes when a non-string variable is given to _fnAddData() (an internal function used for parsing the JS array you pass in). What you are doing is 100% correct, and there is a bug in DataTables there - nice find! To fix it add the following at line 506 (inside the first function in _oExt.aTypes).

[code]
/* Snaity check that we are dealing with a string */
if ( typeof sData.charAt != 'function' )
{
return null;
}
[/code]

And that cures the problem. I'll make sure that this goes into the next release (likely to be 1.5 final).

Regards,
Allan

alinwrkshp

Thanks for the quick fix! That got me back up and running again!!

Keep up the great work! This is an tremendously useful tool!!
Justin