Clear [loadingRecords] message when exception happen

AlexanderLamas

Hi everyone,

Currently I'm customizing the error message that pops up when some exception happen in the errorMode extension as code below:

$.fn.dataTable.ext.errMode = function (settings, helpPage, message) {
    Message.failMessage("My customized error message...");
};

But there is one thing I also would like to customize.
When loading data and an exception happen, the dataTable will show whatever is been set here

language: {
     loadingRecords: "Please wait - loading..."
}

and the dataTable keeps showing this message even after clicking on the popup.

My question is, how can I clean this message or give another message when an exception happen?

is there such a property like

language: {
     loadingRecordsError: "Sorry! Error loading data."
}

Thank you very much in advance guys!

Regards,
Alex

colin

The example in the processing page may help - it's showing something similar.

Colin

AlexanderLamas

Hi Colin,

Thanks for your reply.
Actually the little popup processing is been hidden.
The problem is that after the processing indicator (popup) disappears, I still get this code

<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td valign="top" colspan="4" class="dataTables_empty">Loading, please wait...</td>
</tr>
</tbody>

That is the message I'm trying to get rid off or perhaps replace it with a customized message if possible.

So, is it possible to replace the "Loading, please wait..." in case I get an error when dataTable is loading?

Thank you!

Regards,
Alex

colin

"Loading, please wait..." isn't one of our messages, so it must've been customised already. You've probably got an option for language.processing,

Colin

colin

Sorry, meant to add, you can't modify it once set, but you can just change the text in hte DOM for that element if you detect an error.

AlexanderLamas

Hi @colin ,

Thanks for your reply.
I end up solving the problem with code as follow:

}).on('error.dt', function (e, settings, techNote, message) {
    const row = table.rows('.dataTables_empty');
    table.row(row).remove().draw(false);
});

Thank you very much for your help.
Let me know if you see any danger on this approach.

Thank you!

Regards,
Alex