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• kthorngren Posts: 21,343Questions: 26Answers: 4,954

  January 2018 edited January 2018

  Clever approach!

  You could do something like this:

      $('.dataTables_filter input')
         .off()
         .on('keyup', function() {
            filterByDetailsExtNoAndInput(this.value);
            table2.search(this.value).draw();
         });    
  

  Assuming your second (non child) table is assigned to the variable table2.

  Kevin
• Atish Posts: 6Questions: 2Answers: 0

  January 2018

  table2.search(this.value).draw(); was giving me a error but table2.fnFilter(this.value); worked for me.

  Thanks for the help.
• karanl Posts: 6Questions: 3Answers: 0

  January 2018

  How can I search in two tables so that for 1st table I want datatables default search functionality and for second I want my custom search?
  In my project when I implemented custom search,even when I enter some text in 1st table's search field it was searching in second table.I think this is because of '.dataTables_filter input' class which is same for both search fields of both tables.
  Thank you.
• kthorngren Posts: 21,343Questions: 26Answers: 4,954

  January 2018

  You can use a selector like this for a specific table: $('#myTable_filter input').

  Kevin