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• allan Posts: 63,988Questions: 1Answers: 10,550 Site admin

  February 2018 Answer ✓

  Hi Marty,

  Have a look at this blog post which should help.

  Allan
• atthelimits Posts: 3Questions: 1Answers: 1

  February 2018

  Thanks Alan, but what if I don't know the locale?

  Basically, I have a list of people who are from around the world. Is there a general sort method that will sort 99% of the foreign characters correctly without specifying a locale for the whole table? (Unless it's a general locale)

  Thanks,

  Marty
• atthelimits Posts: 3Questions: 1Answers: 1

  February 2018 edited February 2018 Answer ✓

  Wow, I should play first, then post.

  Worked right out the box (almost).

  For everyone else, here's what sorted it correctly.

  Thanks.

  var collator = new window.Intl.Collator( 'gb' );
  var types = $.fn.dataTable.ext.type;
  
  delete types.order['string-pre'];
  types.order['string-asc'] = collator.compare;
  types.order['string-desc'] = function ( a, b ) {
      return collator.compare( a, b ) * -1;
  };
    
  $('#myTable').DataTable({
      paging: false,
      "columnDefs": [ { "type": "string", "targets": 2 } ],
      order: [[ 2, "asc" ]]
  });