Preamble

With DataTables you can specify what the data type of a particular column is. This will effect how the sorting of that column is done. For example date stamps ('date'), numeric ('numeric') data and strings (default) are all sorted differently. The fourth type is 'html' which will strip the HTML tags from a string (you typically wouldn't want to sort on them since they are invisible to the user) and will sort the resulting blank string. This shows and example of that where the two links to 'Integrity' are identical but the link with the text 'A ...' will come top of the list when sorted upon, and the link with the text 'Integrity' will come bottom of the list.

Live example

Initialisation code

$(document).ready(function() {
	$('#example').dataTable( {
		"aoColumns": [
			null,
			{ "sType": "html" }
		]
	} );
} );

Other examples

Basic initialisation

• Zero configuration
• Feature enablement
• Sorting data
• Multi-column sorting
• Multiple tables
• Hidden columns
• DOM positioning
• State saving
• Alternative pagination styles
• Change language information (internationalisation)

Advanced initialisation

• Events (pre initialisation)
• Events (post initialisation)
• Column rendering
• Sorting without HTML tags
• Row callback
• Footer callback
• Ajax source
• Change language information from a file (internationalisation)

API

• Dynamically add a new row
• Dynamically create a table
• Individual column filtering
• Highlight rows and columns
• User selectable rows (multiple rows)
• User selectable rows (single row) and delete rows
• Editable rows (with jEditable)
• Submit form with elements in table
• Add custom API functions (plug-ins)

Please refer to the DataTables documentation for full information about it's API properties and methods.