Deep link into DataTables with regex
Deep link into DataTables with regex
trongart
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I am not sure how to provide a test case for this question, but maybe it needs none:
Following this example to Deep link into DataTables, is it possible to use a regex search such as below:
In the search field:
software|Accountant
In the URL ( replacing | with %7C ):
https://datatables.net/blog/2017-07-24?search.search=software%7CAccountant
Using the following in my datatables:
"search": {
"regex": true,
"smart": false
},
Regex works correctly when the link is normal without search.search. As soon as ?search.search is added to the URL, regex no longer works. However, search.search is working correctly for non regex values.
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You would need to include
search.regexin the URL and also in your deep link configuration. Perhaps you can give me a link to your page so I can take a look?Allan
Appreciate your help @allan - if I include search.regex in the URL, would it be something like this:
https://datatables.net/blog/2017-07-24?search.regex=software%7CAccountant
This does not produce results in my page (global search box stays empty). Is there maybe something I need to activate for regex to work with this plugin?
I use the following structure:
var searchOptions = $.fn.dataTable.ext.deepLink( ['search.search'] );
var defaultOptions = {.......
"search": {
"regex": true,
"smart": false
},.....
};
var table = $('#example').DataTable($.extend( defaultOptions, searchOptions ));
This structure works for non-regex search.search.
Correction: I do get results when using ?search.regex in the URL as above, but the global search box stays empty.
You'd need something more like this:
That doesn't work on my link above because the deepLink extension isn't setup to look for
search.regexandsearch.smart. The initialisation would need to be extended for them.Note that the strings given to
deepLinkmap directly to the DataTables options. Sosearch.regexis expected to be a boolean.Allan
This works! Thank you @allan