How to use the API?

PC-Gram

I simply want the first table column initially to be sorted DESC instead of the default ASC. But how do I combine

<script>
$(document).ready( function () {
$('#example').DataTable()  }
</script>

with this form the api order() examples:

var table = $('#example').DataTable();
table.sort( [ 0, 'desc' ] );
table.draw()

I need an example that shows how these two elements are combined into one <script>-section

kthorngren

You can use the order option to set the initial ordering of the Datatable.

There is not a sort() API. The API is order().

Kevin

PC-Gram

Having had lunch I found both the error and the solution:

<script>
$(document).ready( function () {
var table = $('#example').DataTable();  
table.order( [ 0, 'desc' ] );
table.draw()
}
</script>

colin

Yep, you can also chain methods together, so something like:

$('#example').DataTable().order( [ 0, 'desc' ] ).draw();

or

var table = $('#example').DataTable(); 
table.order( [ 0, 'desc' ] ).draw()

Colin