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Ok, I'm sorry for the useless post, but considered I'm using a Pipelining function, I had to draw the table with: table.clearPipeline().draw();

9 rows in the table header. http://live.datatables.net/suzukuco/1/

checkboxes in a data table so that the user

new $.fn.dataTable.Editor({ ajax : "./LobYearDetailServlet", table : "#example", idSrc : "rowID", fields

I figured this out, so no need for assistance on this one. Needed to clear the search from all columns: table .search( '' ) .columns(0).search('') .columns(1).search('') .columns(2).search('') .columns(1).search(search_term) .draw();

using this code. var table = ""; $(document).ready(function() { $("#pleasewait").show(); table = $('#paymentsGrid_').dataTable(

instance where my lookup table returns 0 rows, but

is empty although the table in the browser still

as my luck goes after I asked the question I continued my research and found this moments later. var table = $('#pc_table').DataTable( { scrollY: "1000px", scrollX: true, scrollCollapse: true, paging: false, "bSort": false });

You need to use the DataTables API to add data to the table - specifically use row.add() in this case. Updated fiddle. Allan