Newbie question

mooney_j

I want to filter Table_2 with the value in the first column of a row selected in Table_1.
What am I doing wrong?

[code]
$("#Table_1 tbody").click(function(event) {
// guessing td is the node and tr is the parent node
var aPos = oTable_1.fnGetPosition( $(event.target.parentNode) );
// get the data array for the row --- don't know why [0] is needed
var aData = oTable_1.fnGetData( aPos[0] );
// hoping this is the first column value and the filter will work but it does not.
oTable_2.fnFilter( aData[0] );
}
})
[/code]

fbas

I am guessing this is the error:
[code]// guessing td is the node and tr is the parent node
var aPos = oTable_1.fnGetPosition( $(event.target.parentNode) );[/code]

fnGetPosition expects a TR or TD, but you are giving it a $(TR) (jQuery object wrapped around TR)

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also you can skip the middle man and just put the TR directly into fnGetData

[code] $("#Table_1 tbody").click(function(event) {
// get the data array for the row
var aData = oTable_1.fnGetData(event.target.parentNode );

// hoping this is the first column value and the filter will work but it does not.
oTable_2.fnFilter( aData[0] );
}
})
[/code]

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You should check to make sure that the event.target is what you are expecting, rather than just assuming.

inspect it with console.log(event.target); and open the debugger.

mooney_j

Thanks that solved my problem.