SQL VIEW

The majority of our examples demonstrate client-side functionality, but in this case, the example shows how data can be read from a VIEW on the database, while still being written to the base table for the other CRUD actions. The VIEW used in this example is fairly contrived with a simple sub-select being used - a WHERE condition could have been used. However, this examples shows the building blocks for how a more complex VIEW could be implemented.

On the server-side note the use of the readTable() method to tell the server-side libraries from where to read data. The field names are shared between the VIEW and base table in this case, but optionally you could enable and disable fields for read / write operations as required.

First name	Last name	Phone #	Location
First name	Last name	Phone #	Location

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The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

var editor = new DataTable.Editor({
	ajax: '../php/staff-view.php',
	fields: [
		{
			label: 'First name:',
			name: 'first_name'
		},
		{
			label: 'Last name:',
			name: 'last_name'
		},
		{
			label: 'Phone #:',
			name: 'phone'
		},
		{
			label: 'City:',
			name: 'city'
		}
	],
	table: '#example'
});

$('#example').DataTable({
	ajax: {
		url: '../php/staff-view.php',
		type: 'POST'
	},
	columns: [
		{ data: 'first_name' },
		{ data: 'last_name' },
		{ data: 'phone' },
		{ data: 'city' }
	],
	layout: {
		topStart: {
			buttons: [
				{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
			]
		}
	},
	select: true
});

const editor = new DataTable.Editor({
	ajax: '../php/staff-view.php',
	fields: [
		{
			label: 'First name:',
			name: 'first_name'
		},
		{
			label: 'Last name:',
			name: 'last_name'
		},
		{
			label: 'Phone #:',
			name: 'phone'
		},
		{
			label: 'City:',
			name: 'city'
		}
	],
	table: '#example'
});

new DataTable('#example', {
	ajax: {
		url: '../php/staff-view.php',
		type: 'POST'
	},
	columns: [
		{ data: 'first_name' },
		{ data: 'last_name' },
		{ data: 'phone' },
		{ data: 'city' }
	],
	layout: {
		topStart: {
			buttons: [
				{ extend: 'create', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
				{ extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
			]
		}
	},
	select: true
});

In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:

The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:

This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown below:

The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the table:

This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.

The script used to perform the server-side interaction for this demo is shown below. This server uses PHP, so the PHP script is shown, however our download packages include the equivalent script for other platforms, including .NET and Node.js. Server-side scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the Editor documentation.

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