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This example shows how you can do an inline edit with a joined table and a select input. The key is to use columns.editField to tell Editor which field it should edit for the given column. Allan

server-side - typically a database table). Does that clarify things

It seems to work fine when using a plugin and specifying the table to use that type: https://datatables.net/plug-ins/sorting/natural Though, unsure why this requires a plugin and isn't automatically detected like a standard number. Thanks,

element is an <input> in the first table

rows to the parent table but she can only

focus on a single table at a time. (but

placeholder="Search ' + title + '" />'); }); var table = $('#DataTable').DataTable({ "lengthMenu": [[25, 50,

been written to the table. The sequence of events

If you are making the Ajax call yourself, use clear() and rows.add() to first clear the table and then add the new data. Finish with a call to draw(). Allan

That was it - thank you. Here is the working code: function updateTable() { table = $('#DataTable1').DataTable(); table.destroy(); $('#DataTable1').empty(); table = $('#DataTable1').DataTable( { data: dataSet, destroy: true, empty: true, columns: [ { title: "Name" }, { title: "Position" }, { title: "Office" }, { title: "Extn." }, { title: "Start date" }, { title: "Salary" } ] } ); }