Specify a Per Column HTML Data Attribute Search RegEx

jeremysawesome

Description of problem:
Good afternoon. I'm writing regarding a filtering/searching question.

I need to find exact matches of full values (i.e. ^searchTerm$) on some columns and allow the default search on other columns. I'm using html data attributes on th elements to define columns.

Is there a way to override the default search on specific columns via html data attributes? For example, if I wanted to only find full phone numbers, but I want to find partial first names and last names.

<!-- table head -->
    <th>First Name</th>
    <th>Last Name</th>
    <th data-searchRegex="^value$">Phone Number</th>
    <!-- rest of table body -->
</table>

Thank you for your help!
Jeremy

allan

Hi Jeremy,

Nice idea with the attribute, but no, I'm afraid that is not something that DataTables will pick up.

Are you using a global filter here, or is it individual column filters? For a global filter, you'd need to create a custom plug-in for it. For individual column inputs, each would need to determine how to call the column().search() method (for exact or partial match).

Allan

jeremysawesome

Good morning Allan,
Thank you for your kind response. I am using the global filter and will look into the custom plug-in route.

Have a stupendous day.
Jeremy