This example shows how Editor can handle the case where data is shown in the table, but is not available in the form to be edited. This can be useful where the server generates some of the data to be shown in the table, for example a timestamp showing the last edited time, or an auto incrementing sequence. This is the inverse of the form only data example.
The way this works is that Editor simply returns the details for the row on each create and edit action, in the row return parameter. This
information is then used to populate the DataTable.
The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 | var editor; // use a global for the submit and return data rendering in the examples$(document).ready(function() { editor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor( { "ajax": "../../controllers/tableOnlyData.php", "table": "#example", "fields": [ { "label": "First name:", "name": "first_name" }, { "label": "Last name:", "name": "last_name" } ] } ); $('#example').DataTable( { dom: "Bfrtip", ajax: "../../controllers/tableOnlyData.php", columns: [ { data: "first_name" }, { data: "last_name" }, { data: "updated_date" } ], select: true, buttons: [ { extend: "create", editor: editor }, { extend: "edit", editor: editor }, { extend: "remove", editor: editor } ] } );} ); |
In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:
Editor submits and retrieves information by Ajax requests. The two blocks below show the data that Editor submits and receives, to and from the server. This is updated live as you interact with Editor so you can see what is submitted.
The following shows the data that has been submitted to the server when a request is made to add, edit or delete data from the table.
// No data yet submittedThe following shows the data that has been returned by the server in response to the data submitted on the left and is then acted upon.
// No data yet received