Selecting a row based on a cell value

lucschulz

I can't seem to find an example anywhere on how to select a row based on a cell value in it.

Example: If a row has a specific GUID under the field name "ID", how do I get a reference to that row using the GUID?

lucschulz

Figured it out.

var table = $(this.jQueryTableId).DataTable(); var row = table.row({contains: guid}).data(); console.log(row);

kthorngren

table.row({contains: guid}).data();

I don't believe there is an option contains. Test it to make sure but I think this will always result in the first row. I think you will want to use row-selector as a function. The docs have an example.

Kevin

colin

It's close - the correct format is

  table.row(':contains("Ashton")').select()

See here: http://live.datatables.net/gaboqoxo/1/edit

Colin