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My original answer is not correct... I just noticed that you are using server side processing. Your server side script will need to process the regex search and return the correct rows. Kevin

qualSearch.push("\\b" + parseInt(quals[i]) + "\\b"); } var search = qualSearch.join("|"); _DTOWLInfoGrid.columns(7).search(qualSearch.join("|"), true, false,

Allan@ I'm using for this functionality ($.fn.dataTable.ext.search.push) search by particular column only. Sure. But you are adding it every time the return key is pressed. That's going to be very bad for performance. Allan

DataTables won't automatically get information from the URL's query string. If you need that ability you need to do it yourself (window.location.query) and then set the search option with the value. Allan

can still sent empty search inputs and get the

use columns.searchable to disable search on some columns - but

it work's,but then the search field is completely disabled

to handle a smarter search. Perhaps the easiest option

I`m using built in search of datatables. Here is

It still can cause unneeded traffic. My solution was to remove the default handler and add a keydown and watch for the enter key, plus I put a search image button next to the search box.