Datatable check type of column like html , string , date

Harsh Damania

I am using "aoColumns": [null, { "sType": "html" } , null, { "sType": 'date' }]; in datatble options.
Using code i need to check the sType like
this.api().columns().every(function () {
var column = this;

// here i need to find the sType });

Any help please ?

allan

You shouldn't ever need to set the columns.type option yourself - certainly not for the options that DataTables provides internally. If it isn't auto-detected as the correct type, then the sorting won't support that type (due to some data in the column not matching that type).

There currently isn't an external API to get the column type. What do you need that information for?

Allan

Harsh Damania

Hey Allan,
Thank you very much for your reply but i used this and it works
column.context[0].aoColumns[column.selector.cols].sType == "html"
I need to perform some javascript operation when column type is html and then pass it to search by creating regex.

allan

It might work for now, but you shouldn't need to get/set internal properties. That might break in future versions!

Allan

Harsh Damania

Oki...Thanks