multiple filters on same column

rfitzwater

Is it possible to have multiple filters on the same column? For example, if a table has a column or browsers, and I had the individual column search enabled, I would like to enter something like (Safari AND Firefox) or (Safari, Firefox). Currently, you can only enter one search criteria for each column to my knowledge.

Thanks,

-Rhon

fbas

yes. easiest way is to use the built in regular expression matching and use the "|" (OR) operator

http://www.datatables.net/release-datatables/examples/api/regex.html

try putting "firefox|netscape" into column 2 filter and enable "Treat as regex"

you don't have to have your users use the "|" char. you could take their input, then treat white space as a breaking point, replace with "|" chars, for instance.

rfitzwater

How/where can I change the "|" char so it works with whitespace " " instead?

fbas

look through the source of the link I posted above, but before you pass the string to the fnFilter, break it up or replace the space char with "|"

[code]
mysearchstring = mysearchstring.replace(/\s+/g, "|"); // replace white space with "|" char
[/code]

rfitzwater

Thanks!