Return only data modified

mircoShapeMe

Hi!

Is it possible to return, after the AJAX call for modifying a field, only the modified data, without returning the entire data line?
I have a very complex table and being able to return only the modified data would be a great relief.

Best Regards, Mirco.

mircoShapeMe

This is the same post
https://datatables.net/forums/discussion/comment/103133

Is there now a solution?

allan

I assume that you are referring to Editor? Currently no - Editor expects the whole row of data to be returned, which allows for server-side generated values to update the client-side (last modified time for example).

This is something that I'm going to look at relaxing in future though.

Allan

mircoShapeMe

Ok, thank you for response.

To get to the solution I'm trying to exploit the postSubmit event.

But how can I manipulate the json returned from server?
I've tried but with no success.

Have you a code example? Thank you.

allan

editor.on( 'postSubmit', function ( e, json, data, action, xhr ) {
  var rowData = table.row( { selected: true } ).data();

  $.extend( true, json.data[0], rowData );
} );

This makes a number of assumptions:

1. Only a single row is edited
2. You are using the Select extension to select the row to edit

It could be modified if you are using Editor / DataTables in some other way.

Allan

mircoShapeMe

I found a workaround to answer my initial question.

Thank you for response!