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• allan Posts: 61,697Questions: 1Answers: 10,102 Site admin

  March 2016 Answer ✓

  Have you attached it before the DataTable is initialised? Otherwise the event listener will be added after the first Ajax request has been sent.

  Allan
• kmd1970 Posts: 36Questions: 8Answers: 1

  March 2016

  Sorry, I didn't think location mattered.

  so

  $('#example').on('preXhr.dt', function ( e, settings, data ) {
          console.log('preXhr',data);
   }).DataTable();
  

  Not

  $('#example').DataTable().on('preXhr.dt', function ( e, settings, data ) {
          console.log('preXhr',data);
   });
  
• allan Posts: 61,697Questions: 1Answers: 10,102 Site admin

  March 2016

  Looks good. DataTables does a number of things when you call it, including sending off the Ajax request if you configure it with ajax. The draw event is another one to watch out for like this.

  Allan