Invalidate() not using data-sort orthogonal data

andyov

Hi,
I'm trying to update a cell's contents and set its data-sort attribute, and after doing so I call invalidate(). The search() then works as expected (i.e. I can then search for updated cell contents), but if I sort the data, it still sorts based on its content, rather than its data-sort attribute.

In the jsfiddle, click the 'click me' button, then sort by the last column, and it should use the number in brackets (which is what it's data-sort is set to), but instead uses the content itself.

My only guess is that I'm either calling invalidate on the wrong thing?

https://jsfiddle.net/24fubkmj/1/

Thanks for any help you can provide!

kthorngren

According to the Orthogonal Data HTML5 docs:

DataTables will automatically detect the following attributes on HTML cells:

I believe this means the attributes need to be in the dom when Datatables initializes. Updated your example to show this:
https://jsfiddle.net/wb9Ln5fk/

Kevin

andyov

Ahh! perfect! Knew it would come down to something simple I missed!
Thanks a lot