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• allan Posts: 63,538Questions: 1Answers: 10,476 Site admin

  December 2016 Answer ✓

  The data that is used to make up the row is in aData in your above code. So you might use aData[0] if you are using an array data source, or aData.myProp if you are using objects.

  Allan
• ngungo Posts: 64Questions: 23Answers: 2

  December 2016 edited December 2016

  Thanks Allan!
  How about outside and before the definition of var table?

      $(document).ready(function() {
          ...
          var cellval = ...
          console.log(cellval);
          ...
          var table = $('#cases').DataTable( {
              ajax: 'php/table.cases.php',
              "fnRowCallback": function(nRow, aData, iDisplayIndex, iDisplayIndexFull) {
                  ...
              },
          });
      });
  
• allan Posts: 63,538Questions: 1Answers: 10,476 Site admin

  December 2016 Answer ✓

  Use cell().data() to get the data for a cell.

  Allan
• ngungo Posts: 64Questions: 23Answers: 2

  December 2016

  Hi Allan,

  Your two previous answers help me to understand more about the nuts and bolds of the DataTables, but neither aData nor cell().data() would help since their existences were created by definition of table. In my case, I need to have access of the cells without and before the definition of table. Is there way?

      $(document).ready(function() {
          ...
          var cellval = ...
          console.log(cellval);
          // I need access to the database HERE
          // before the table defined.
          
          ...
          var table = $('#cases').DataTable( {
              ajax: 'php/table.cases.php',
              "fnRowCallback": function(nRow, aData, iDisplayIndex, iDisplayIndexFull) {
                  ...
              },
          });
      });
  
• allan Posts: 63,538Questions: 1Answers: 10,476 Site admin

  December 2016

  Sure - just use jQuery - $('#myTable tbody tr td'). You'd probably need to add extra information to the selector, such as the row and column index, but that's not a DataTables issue.

  Allan