Loading Data from txt not working

[Deleted User]

I have a txt named entries.txt looking like this:

[{
"id": "1",
"name": "Tiger Nixon",
"position": "System Architect",
"salary": "$320,800",
"start_date": "2011/04/25",
"office": "Edinburgh",
"extn": "5421"
},
{
"id": "2",
"name": "Garrett Winters",
"position": "Accountant",
"salary": "$170,750",
"start_date": "2011/07/25",
"office": "Tokyo",
"extn": "8422"
}
]

My code is looking like this:

var table = $('#example').DataTable( {
"ajax": "./entries.txt",
"columns": [
{
"className": 'details-control',
"orderable": false,
dataSrc: ''
"defaultContent": ''
},
{ "id" },
{ "name" },
{ "position" },
{ "salary" },
{ "start_date" },
{ "office" },
{ "extn"}
]

My DataTable is saying "No data available in table" so I think I am doing something wrong in my columns. What am I missing?

colin

You need to declare columns.data correctly. Instead of:

{ "position" },

have

{ data: "position" },

for all those columns.

Colin