InitComplete event to be able to display a message

klermann

Hello Allan, I'm trying to use the initComplete event to be able to display a message for when the datatable is empty with no data, and when to contain any item (data) from an item the event delete the message. Only this event loads only once it does not come in when it is dynamically loaded to fire oTable.ajax.load (). How can I resolve this issue using the datatable events?
`"initComplete": function(settings, json) {

                if(json.iTotalDisplayRecords == 0){
                    $(this).html('<div class="div-message">Message</div>');
                }
                if(json.iTotalDisplayRecords == 1){
                            $('div-message').hide();
                            oTable.ajax.load();
            }
              },`

kthorngren

initComplete only runs once after the initial Datatable has been loaded.

I would consider using the xhr to display the message if zero records are returned.

Kevin

klermann

You have example? Ops Sorry!

gyrocode

I would suggest to look into language.emptyTable which you can use to customize the message when the table is empty.

For example:

$('#example').dataTable( {
    "language": {
      "emptyTable": "No data available in table"
    }
} );

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klermann

Perfect gyrocode, thanks!