Search

that package. datatables.net/js/jquery.dataTables.js Here - search for $.trim to find

It is in the data kind of, the datatable is a list of results from a keyword search, and any green cell contains an indexOf the search text.

the built in global search input then: var table

found out that regex search doesn't work when serverSide

values change as you search and clear the search.

is for disable filter (search box) "orderMulti": false, // for

I gave you only a partial answer. Here is an example that uses filter to get the row data: http://live.datatables.net/zesacofe/1/edit This way you don't need to search and update the table display to get the rows you want. Kevin

This is what I get when using the DataTables debugger btw: Data source: DOM Processing mode: Client-side Draws: 1 Columns: 14 Rows - total: 1239 Rows - after search: 1239 Display start: 0 Display length: 10

if there is a search parameter, $requestData['search']['value'] contains search

data().indexOf(...) in a big dataset is very slow. I suggest you to use instead: .reduce(function(a, b, idx) { if (api.column(6, {search: 'applied'}).data()[idx] != 'accepted' { return a + intVal(b); } else { return a; } }, 0)