Search

for each value. column .search( val ? '^'+val+'$' : '', true, false

the Datatables default global search input. In this case

Thanks Tangerine, I took the longer route, I exported it, did a search and replace, and imported again!

I came out with this: $('#myInputTextField').keyup(function(){ table.column( [0, 1] ).search( $(this).val() ).draw(); })

I just realized I should have done a search before posting, and I now see your reply just last week stating that datatables nuget packages aren't maintained by you. Sorry about that.

It uses the global search and a button to transfer the searched rows from one table

Hi Chris, That's going to be a third-party. There's a few 'time machine' websites (like this and this) you can use that may have it. A quick search did find this version: https://web.archive.org/web/20130514050206/http://jquery-datatables-column-filter.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/media/js/jquery.dataTables.columnFilter.js Hope that helps, Cheers, Colin

value will be the search criteria and it looks

are really doing the search using the database itself?

rows based on the search var data = $('#mytable').DataTable().rows({search: 'applied'}).data();