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Yes ,you can set the display length when initializing a datatable,like this [code] $('#example')').dataTable({ "aoColumns": [null,null,null,null,null], "iDisplayLength" : 20 }); [/code]

Not sure I quest understand - you can use asSorting to set the order the sorting direction is applied in and aaSorting for the initial sort. Is that what you are doing at the moment? Allan

Where and how are you initialising DataTables?

to assign my table initialisation code to a variable

Without a test case, i can't really say. All I can assume is that the table is initially hidden. Call the fnAdjustColumnSizing function when it is made visible. Allan

Ok, I removed those - but that's not making any difference, whether I try initializing the table or not.

fnInitComplete fires once and once only for the life time of a table - when the initialisation is complete. bRetrieve tells DataTables to ignore any configuration that is passed in and just return the table instance object. Allan

code after the DataTables initialisation and it will work

Sure - use the oSearch options on initialisation: http://datatables.net/ref#oSearch Allan

instances of TableTools by initialising it with the 'new'