Different sorts on different tables when called from an external JS file

Different sorts on different tables when called from an external JS file

dowzerdowzer Posts: 11Questions: 3Answers: 0
edited March 2012 in DataTables 1.8
I am using Datatables 1.8.2 and it works so well with one small problem.

My Datatables initialisation is done in an external JS file which is then called from a template file so all pages have the code included without needing to manually add it.

The problem I have is not all my tables are the same - for example, in table 1 on page 1 I could have date in the first column and then on table 1 on page 2 I could have name in the first column and the preferred sort order of these is different with one desc and one asc.

Using my configuration, how can I accommodate this? Ideally I would like to be able to create more than one Datatable definition so I could have DT_date_col0_desc which is for tables with a date in column zero and sorted desc and then DT_text_col0_asc which is for a table with text in column zero sorted asc.

Does that make sense? As the application is now extensive I cannot easily go back to every page and manually add the custom Datatables initialisation to each page so an looking for alternate methods if possible.

Thanks
Jase
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