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Its not possible to disable search for some rows - all rows are treated equally in DataTables, but it can be done for columns using bSearchable . Allan

Hi again, I just find out the issue :) There was an old piece of js executed just after the dataTable initialization which messed up the search. You can delete/close this discussion. Regards, Elo

it behaves as Global search. I have used servlet

with: [code] /* Modify the search index for this row

I sorted out this by adding new textbox on page and hiding the default search textbox and setting search function on new text box the function for search text box is: $('#txtSearch').keypress(function () { oTable.fnFilter($(this).val()); });

You might try individual column filtering http://jquery-datatables-column-filter.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/default.html instead of the global search.

someone types in the search The search in DataTables

going to query the search service and convert the

Because the search field in DataTables doesn't listen for either of those events. it watches for keyup. Fire that and it will work. Allan

the HTML from the search and all of your