I want to use a form above my data table to query a prepopulated JSON file.

hungrymancwopa42

Hi All -

I am very new to this.

I have two files

mysite/table.html
mysite/data.JSON

table.html is currently loading all values from data.JSON and putting them into a data table.

I have input boxes and drop down menus above the data table that are not currently "connected".

My goal is to be able to choose a value from a dropdown box, click search, and only return values into the table that match in the JSON.

I was looking for examples on datatables.net but I am not exactly sure what this is called. Could someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks so much.

allan

Use the search() method to search the table for the string you want. Or column().search() if that data is in a single column.

Trigger your search from a change event on the select element.

Allan

hungrymancwopa42

Thank you, allan. This worked!!!

One follow up question will coming in a new post.

I marked this post as answered/resolved.

Thanks again.