how can the datatable.js load on my web instantly

dougan01

I noticed, the datatable.js loads on my web in some seconds after a table form is displayed in some seconds before it changes to the datatable.js.
how can the datatable.js load on my web instantly without it loading in a table form before changing to the datatable.js

kthorngren

Without knowing what you have I'm guessing you are loading the data via Ajax. One place to start is with this FAQ regarding speeding up datatables.

how can the datatable.js load on my web instantly without it loading in a table form before changing to the datatable.js

If I understand correctly you want to initialize Datatables with a blank table then load the data later. You can do this by using an external ajax request and the rows.add() API. Something like this:
http://live.datatables.net/huyexejo/115/edit

Kevin

dougan01

so what im doing is, I already had a table that was loading on the web by querying of the columns and date...so i added the datatable.js bit to load the large data faster and also for paging.

so what happens is, i m not just ajax because it triggeres an error in the browser, so it just loads the datatable.js upond querying of the table...but i noticed it loads a table form on the web and change in about 3 seconds to the datatable.js....is there a way either than the ajaz to just load an existing table into a datatable.js on a web?

kthorngren

This doc discusses the supported data sources:
https://datatables.net/manual/data/#Data-sources

Here are some examples:
https://datatables.net/examples/data_sources/index.html

Kevin

dougan01

ok, thanks