A warning keeps popping up that I am having a hard time debugging

DmainEvent

LOG: DataTables warning (table id = 'table1'): Unexpected number of TD elements. Expected 70 and got 35. DataTables does not support rowspan / colspan in the table body, and there must be one cell for each row/column combination.

That actually isn't the warning, but it is the error that I find when I run Fiddler to help me debug my aplication.
Why am I getting this? I have two tables, they both perform almost exactly the same way, but one table gives me this error and the other does not? I am dumbfounded. I have a format. for both of them...
Both my tables get there data dynamically. In other words the scripts that creates my page has a loop in it that creates the . Neither one has an extra or . I have no idea why this is happening... If any of you can provide any help at all I would appreciate it.

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GregP

Be tricky to troubleshoot without a live link to test against. So much to inspect-- net traffic, headers, and the DOM itself. I can't help wondering if in fact some part of your loop is going around twice and you just aren't catching it.

The error itself will only appear with a mismatch between number of cells and amount of data being returned, so either the amount of data is wrong or the table is wrong.

In the dynamic code, is it possible that it is creating the first table (correctly), and then when it passes around to create the second table it is ALSO adding more TR/TD to the first table at the same time? Assuming both tables are otherwise identical, this would mean 70 cells in the first one and 35 in the next one.

Do the tables have the same ID? Indeed, on ANY level are there duplicate IDs? Remember, there can only be one unique ID per page.

Greg

DmainEvent

Those are all things I haven't thought of yet. Well, I have different tables on different pages with the same ID. Are you telling me site wide the id's have to be unique? I don't think that would matter though. It appears as though the table I am working with is doubling, and the other table seems fine.

DmainEvent

@GregP could you please elaborate. I am still experiencing that problem with very little positive results. But first let me be more specific. The tables are similar, not the same, They are formed using the same methodolgy of looping through an XML string and putting the values into the columns from there. The two tables are on two completely different aspx files and really don't interact with each other in anyway, except that the columns will have links to specific tables
IE ActionLink("Second Table", "Action", "Controller").... <-This would link to the next table... But this table is the one having problems...




Name


Population ID


Description


isActive


Population Type




That is my table structure...
Thanks.
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allan

If you are getting the error you mention you are using DataTables 1.7 - and 1.7 doesn't pickup TD elements in the THEAD (it more or less just ignores them). I'd suggest either changing them to TH elements or using DataTables 1.8.

Allan

DmainEvent

That is what I am not getting. I have a similar setup on another page, and the warning doesn't pop up?




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First Name
Last Name
DateOfBirth
Phone
HostpitalFinNumber
AdminDate
MRNType
MRN
PatientRoomPhone
DischargeDateTime
DischargeDisposition
DischargeTo
DischargeAdvocateCall
Payor
HomeHealthCareAccepted
SafeLandingAccepted
PCPName
PCPPhone
SpecialistName
SpecialistPhone
PCPAppointmentDateTime
PCPAppointmentLocation
SpecialistAppointmentDateTime
SpecialistAppointmentLocation
CompletedPathway
CompletedPathwayReason
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<!--Logic for table rows and columns goes in here. -->

Pretty sure I have DataTables 1.8 as well. There isn't any version information on the script file, so its hard to tell. I could try and track down the download. Infact, that is what I will do.

UPDATE: It is indeed DataTables 1.8...