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clear() to clear the table and then rows.add() to

If you want to show different columns, and otherwise use different initialisation options, you would need to destroy the table (destroy()) and then create a new DataTable. Allan

Setting $table to an SQL query.... Why would you do that? The $table variable obviously requires a table name.

I figured it out. Modifying the success function of the ajax calls as follows worked: success: function(response) { $('#results').html('<table id="table-output" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%"></table>'); table_config.columns = response.columns; var table = $('#table-output').DataTable(table_config); table.clear(); table.rows.add(response.data); table.draw(); }

event before re-initialising the table using .off() method. Multiple

You would just use standard DOM or jQuery methods ($().show() for example, for css display: none`). Showing and hiding a table isn't something that DataTables has built in. Allan

problem is that the table has enough width and

the right of the table, not directly over the

the sense that, the table should display columns as

the columns in my table - added a reference to