Search

want to remove the search box for the column

But this is disabling my search boxes placed in footer for individual columns

it with a simple search, it was the first

data": "Id" } ] }); // Apply the search table.columns().every(function () { var that = this;

You would need to use a regex search with a search string like this ^PL Tulsa. Kevin

The best bet is to do a Google search, this thread on SO seems to answer your question. Colin

REQUEST['search']['value']; // String value to search in database $orderByColumn = $_REQUEST['order'][0]['column'];

course it works. I searched for a way to

A simple forum search finds this: https://datatables.net/forums/discussion/34367

Tq. I have got a solution to Use for separate column also. $('#example').dataTable( { "searchCols": [ null, { "search": "My filter" }, null, { "search": "^[0-9]", "escapeRegex": false } ] } );