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• allan Posts: 63,368Questions: 1Answers: 10,449 Site admin

  August 2014

  Not directly, but ajax.data can be given as a function which will be executed when you call ajax.reload() so you could pass parameters in from the function.

  Allan
• jimkiely Posts: 9Questions: 10Answers: 0

  August 2014

  Allan, I want to reload the table and pass in a new variable value (appYear: "2001"). What is the best way to do this?
• allan Posts: 63,368Questions: 1Answers: 10,449 Site admin

  August 2014

  Probably to use the ajax.data option as I mentioned. You would need to do it in a function so it is evaluated on each request. There are examples in the ajax.data documentation.

  Allan
• jimkiely Posts: 9Questions: 10Answers: 0

  August 2014

  Any good examples of how to do a reload and pass variables?
• allan Posts: 63,368Questions: 1Answers: 10,449 Site admin

  August 2014 Answer ✓

  The examples on the ajax.data page should cover this do they not?

  $('#example').dataTable( {
    "ajax": {
      "url": "data.json",
      "data": function ( d ) {
          d.extra_search = $('#extra').val();
      }
    }
  } );
  

  and then just call ajax.reload(). In that case it is getting the variable front he DOM, but you can get it from anywhere you want - a function, another variable, etc.

  Allan
• jimkiely Posts: 9Questions: 10Answers: 0

  August 2014

  Thanks Allan.