How to initialize DT to be the equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife.

How to initialize DT to be the equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife.

stephenstephen Posts: 10Questions: 0Answers: 0
edited January 2012 in DataTables 1.9
Hello,

I like to set up my grid with the following requirements:

+ Download ALL data in one shot asynchronously and prevent the byproduct of the table being init'd
+ Be able to refresh the grid and initiate more calls via ajax
+ Disable paging so that it is one long list that scrolls
+ Filter and sort on the client side
+ Multi-select check boxes
+ Row re-ordering , automatic scrolling during drag and drop, and a nice drop target shadow that shows the exact position of proposed drop
+ Drag and Drop multiple rows to some other container NOT another grid

I'm sure I'm missing a few, but for now this is the minimum.

Thank you,
Stephen

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  • allanallan Posts: 63,397Questions: 1Answers: 10,451 Site admin
    + Download ALL data in one shot asynchronously and prevent the byproduct of the table being init'd
    Use sAjaxSource - demo: http://datatables.net/release-datatables/examples/data_sources/ajax.html

    + Be able to refresh the grid and initiate more calls via ajax
    Use the fnReloadAjax plugin: http://datatables.net/plug-ins/api#fnReloadAjax

    + Disable paging so that it is one long list that scrolls
    Use bPaginate to control this feature

    + Filter and sort on the client side
    Does that by default

    + Multi-select check boxes
    I don't understand this one. What is a multi-select check box, and what does it control?

    + Row re-ordering , automatic scrolling during drag and drop, and a nice drop target shadow that shows the exact position of proposed drop
    There currently isn't a plug-in for DataTables that does that, but it is perfectly possible to do. You would more or less do it in exactly the same way as you would without DataTables.

    + Drag and Drop multiple rows to some other container NOT another grid
    Again, there isn't a plug-in for DataTables to do this, but you would do it exactly the same way as if you weren't using DataTables.

    Allan
  • stephenstephen Posts: 10Questions: 0Answers: 0
    edited January 2012
    Thanks Allan.

    Looks like it's time to put a demo together.

    The first column of the header row, and all data rows would have a check box; for selecting all rows if you checked off the header or individual rows if you checked them off individually.
  • allanallan Posts: 63,397Questions: 1Answers: 10,451 Site admin
    Yup that is entirely possible - again you would basically do it in exactly the same way as you would when not using DataTables. Do note thought that you will have to use fnGetNodes or the $ to get all TR elements in a table.

    Allan
  • stephenstephen Posts: 10Questions: 0Answers: 0
    Allan,

    When running the beta 2 in Visual Studio (IIS Express) I keep getting an exception from the following line which is writing to an unknown console object

    Line 95 console!==k&&console.log&&console.log(a)
  • stephenstephen Posts: 10Questions: 0Answers: 0
    Switched to FireFox and Firebug...problem solved. :)
  • stephenstephen Posts: 10Questions: 0Answers: 0
    Hello,

    Must seem like a simple request , but I can't figure it out. How do you pass a param or object to the server. I've based the call on this

    http://datatables.net/release-datatables/examples/server_side/jsonp.html


    oFDTable = $('#foodDescriptions').dataTable({
    "bPaginate": false,
    "bLengthChange": false,
    "bFilter": true,
    "bSort": true,
    "bInfo": false,
    "bAutoWidth": false,
    "asStripClasses": null,
    "sScrollY": "400",
    "sScrollX": "400",
    "bScrollCollapse": false,
    "bJQueryUI": true,
    "bProcessing": true,
    "sAjaxSource": "http://localhost:22892/FoodDescriptions/GetByFG.jsonp?callback=?",
    "fnServerData": function (sUrl, aoData, fnCallback) {
    $.ajax({
    "url": sUrl,
    "data": aoData,
    "success": fnCallback,
    "dataType": "jsonp",
    "cache": false
    });
    },
    "bDeferRender": true,
    "bStateSave": true,
    "aoColumns": [
    { "sName": "NDB_No", "sTitle": "Id" },
    { "sName": "FdGrp_Cd", "sTitle": "FoodGroupId" },
    { "sName": "Long_Desc", "sTitle": "Long Desription" },
    { "sName": "Shrt_Desc", "sTitle": "Short Desription" },
    { "sName": "ComName" },
    { "sName": "ManufacName" },
    { "sName": "Survey" },
    { "sName": "Ref_Desc" },
    { "sName": "Refuse" },
    { "sName": "SciName" },
    { "sName": "N_Factor" },
    { "sName": "Pro_Factor" },
    { "sName": "Fat_Factor" },
    { "sName": "CHO_Factor" }
    ]
    });


    [WebGet(UriTemplate = "GetByFG{ext}")]
    public HttpResponseMessage GetByFG()
    {
    var id = HttpContext.Current.Request.Params["id"];

    try
    {
    using (var db = new Data.RDA.Model.RDA23Entities())
    {
    var q = (from fd in db.FOOD_DES
    where(fd.FdGrp_Cd == id )
    select new FoodDescription
    {
    Id = fd.NDB_No,
    FdGrp_Cd = fd.FdGrp_Cd,
    LongDesciption = fd.Long_Desc,
    ShortDesciption = fd.Shrt_Desc

    }).ToArray();

    if (q == null)
    {
    var notFoundResponse = new HttpResponseMessage() { StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.NotFound, Content = new StringContent("Items not found") };
    throw new HttpResponseException(notFoundResponse);
    }

    var result = (from fd in q
    select new string[]
    {
    fd.Id,
    fd.FdGrp_Cd,
    fd.LongDesciption,
    fd.ShortDesciption
    }).ToArray();

    var item = new jQueryDataTableParamModel
    {
    sEcho = "1",
    iTotalRecords = result.Count(),
    iTotalDisplayRecords = result.Count(),
    aaData = result
    };

    var response = new HttpResponseMessage(item);

    // set it to expire in 5 minutes
    response.Content.Headers.Expires = new DateTimeOffset(DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(300));
    return response;
    }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
    var errorResponse = new HttpResponseMessage() { StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.NotFound, Content = new StringContent(ex.ToString()) };
    throw new HttpResponseException(errorResponse);
    }

    }
  • allanallan Posts: 63,397Questions: 1Answers: 10,451 Site admin
    > How do you pass a param or object to the server.

    http://datatables.net/ref#fnServerParams
    http://datatables.net/release-datatables/examples/server_side/custom_vars.html

    :-)

    Allan
  • stephenstephen Posts: 10Questions: 0Answers: 0
    edited January 2012
    I had that code in there at one time, although a bit different (I think) . It was producing and undifined=undefine in the query string..

    This code does the same thing, undefined=undefined in the query string.


    Edit from fiddler:

    GET /FoodDescriptions/GetByFG.jsonp?callback=jQuery1710595415974163658_1327939843215&undefined=undefined&_=1327939843624 HTTP/1.1



    oFDTable = $('#foodDescriptions').dataTable({
    "bPaginate": false,
    "bLengthChange": false,
    "bFilter": true,
    "bSort": true,
    "bInfo": false,
    "bAutoWidth": false,
    "asStripClasses": null,
    "sScrollY": "400",
    "sScrollX": "400",
    "bScrollCollapse": false,
    "bJQueryUI": true,
    "bProcessing": true,
    "sAjaxSource": "http://spaten-pc:22892/FoodDescriptions/GetByFG.jsonp?callback=?",
    "fnServerParams": function ( aoData ) {
    aoData.push( { "id": "0100" } );
    },
    "fnServerData": function (sSource, aoData, fnCallback) {
    $.ajax({
    "url": sSource,
    "data": aoData,
    "success": fnCallback,
    "dataType": "jsonp",
    "cache": false
    });
    },
    "bDeferRender": true,
    "bStateSave": true,
    "aoColumns": [
    { "sName": "NDB_No", "sTitle": "Id" },
    { "sName": "FdGrp_Cd", "sTitle": "FoodGroupId" },
    { "sName": "Long_Desc", "sTitle": "Long Desription" },
    { "sName": "Shrt_Desc", "sTitle": "Short Desription" },
    { "sName": "ComName" },
    { "sName": "ManufacName" },
    { "sName": "Survey" },
    { "sName": "Ref_Desc" },
    { "sName": "Refuse" },
    { "sName": "SciName" },
    { "sName": "N_Factor" },
    { "sName": "Pro_Factor" },
    { "sName": "Fat_Factor" },
    { "sName": "CHO_Factor" }
    ]
    });
  • stephenstephen Posts: 10Questions: 0Answers: 0
    fixed...

    http://www.datatables.net/forums/discussion/6704/fnserverparams-undefinedundefined-sent/p1
  • allanallan Posts: 63,397Questions: 1Answers: 10,451 Site admin
    I see you've fixed it, but for anyone else, rather than doing:

    > aoData.push( { "id": "0100" } );

    as the documentation shows you need to use name/value pairs:

    [code]
    aoData.push( { "name": "id", "value": "0100" } );
    [/code]

    This is for compatibility with legacy jQuery, and legacy DataTables now.

    Allan
  • stephenstephen Posts: 10Questions: 0Answers: 0
    Hello,

    Shouldn't fnServerParams be called again if using fn.dataTableExt.oApi.fnReloadAjax?

    Thank you,
  • allanallan Posts: 63,397Questions: 1Answers: 10,451 Site admin
    It certainly could be yes. Where fnReloadAjax currently passes in an empty array it could call oApi._fnServerParams() - I've just updated the plug-in to do exactly that :-)

    Allan
  • stephenstephen Posts: 10Questions: 0Answers: 0
    Perfect!, Thank you Allan
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