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Forget it, me being stupid. Had to call datatables on the table again: $('table.dataTables').DataTable().column(1).search("60").draw();

for some reason the table was drawn and is

number. At present, the table has some 8200+ records.

for each row in table and the date_val will

Is the table initially hidden in something, like a modal, or collapsible area, or tabbed navigation, etc?

Detail Information on single table.

When using DataTables in Serverside mode, the table is only aware of the data it currently holds, not all the records that conform to the query. When using DataTables on the Java platform, you should consider using JED. http://jed-datatables.ca/jed/examples/basicssp.jsp

my table has only one column. My data source is a 1D array, not object array

There isn't a built in way of doing it, but its fairly trivial to do with a call to $().index(): var table = $('#example').DataTable( { order: [ [ $('th.defaultSort').index(), 'asc' ] ] } ); http://live.datatables.net/wefileq/1/edit Allan

When I run the JSfiddle you linked, I don't get any errors... do you get errors on it? What I see is a table: categoryName categoryDescription company D Firm B Individual A Private Limited Company C