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should do is use initComplete: $(document).ready(function() { var oTable = $('#example').dataTable({

You can't change the button text via the API at the moment - it can only be done at initialisation time. That is done with the buttonText option. Allan

see what's going on initially then post some more

Have you tried initialising TableTools with DataTables? http://datatables.net/extensions/tabletools/

PDF In your DataTables initialisation you are using the

when the table is initially shown and when the

doesn't quite answer the initial question, so if there's

specifically the DataTables Ajax initialisation: $('#example').DataTable( { ajax: { url: "../php/staff.php",

If you are initializing the table every click,

If you want to show different columns, and otherwise use different initialisation options, you would need to destroy the table (destroy()) and then create a new DataTable. Allan