JQuery DataTables Plugin : TypeError: e[j] is undefined
ajax, datatables, jquery
Solution
I believe it was due to the order parameter
"order": [[ 5, "desc" ]]
It would seem the column ordering is ZERO based, which isn't that clear from the docs : https://datatables.net/reference/api/order()
It keeps mentioning Column 1 as [1] not [0].
Problem
I don't understand why DataTables is throwing this error in FF: TypeError: e[j] is undefined In IE it's reported as : Unable to get property 'aDataSort' of undefined or null reference Here is the code HTML ``` <table id="fp_promotion_history"> <thead> <tr> <th>AuditID</th> <th>Action</th> <th>Description</th> <th>User Name</th> <th>Audit Date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tmpl_loop name='fp_history'> <tr id="AuditID_<tmpl_var name='AuditID'>"> <td data-AuditID="<tmpl_var name='AuditID'>"><tmpl_var name='AuditID'></td> <td data-Action="<tmpl_var name='Action'>"><tmpl_var name='Action'></td> <td data-Audit_Desc="<tmpl_var name='Audit_Desc'>"><tmpl_var name='Audit_Desc'></td> <td data-User_Name="<tmpl_var name='User_Name'>"><tmpl_var name='User_Name'></td> <td data-Audit_Date="<tmpl_var name='Audit_Date'>"><tmpl_var name='Audit_Date'></td> </tr> </tmpl_loop> </tbody> </table> ``` JQuery ``` showDialog({content:data,title:'Financial Promotion Audit Trail History (FPID : ' + $('#fp_promotions_table tr.selected').attr('id') + ')'}); // turn into a datatable $('#fp_promotion_history').dataTable({ "sDom": 'R<"H"fr>t<"F"ip>', "bJQueryUI": true, "sPaginationType": "full_numbers", "iDisplayLength": 25, "order": [[ 5, "desc" ]] }); ``` What I don't understand is I already have a datatable on the page which is working fine. I make an AJAX call, display the result (a table) with the JQuery UI Dialog, but when I try to turn it into a DataTable , it just errors? The documentation implies multiple tables is OK : http://legacy.datatables.net/release-datatables/examples/basic_init/multiple_tables.html So what am I doing wrong? Thanks, 1DMF