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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)

Circling back and looking at this, I kind of understand why an Ajax query is preferred, the data isn't really in a good format for this kind of search.

to implement sort and search in Redux (or around

call external ajax when Search button click and bind

use 'in' operator to search for 'length' in _id"

new order. Likewise with search. Unfortunately its quite a