Local table editing

Editor can edit a DataTable locally, without saving to a database, simply by excluding the ajax option from its configuration. When operating in this mode, Editor can still be used to edit the data, including making use of its field type options and multi-row editing abilities, but the data is not submitted to the server, and thus not permanently stored.

In this example, data is loaded from the server, but no Ajax request is made when saving data (refreshing the page will cause the changes to be lost). This can be particularly useful if you want to save changes using a local mechanism rather than Editor's Ajax options (for example queuing all data before submitting with a custom button).

Name	Position	Office	Extn.	Start date	Salary
Name	Position	Office	Extn.	Start date	Salary

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

var editor = new DataTable.Editor({
    fields: [
        {
            label: 'First name:',
            name: 'first_name'
        },
        {
            label: 'Last name:',
            name: 'last_name'
        },
        {
            label: 'Position:',
            name: 'position'
        },
        {
            label: 'Office:',
            name: 'office'
        },
        {
            label: 'Extension:',
            name: 'extn'
        },
        {
            label: 'Start date:',
            name: 'start_date',
            type: 'datetime'
        },
        {
            label: 'Salary:',
            name: 'salary'
        }
    ],
    table: '#example'
});
 
$('#example').DataTable({
    ajax: '../php/staff.php',
    columns: [
        {
            data: null,
            render: function (data, type, row) {
                // Combine the first and last names into a single table field
                return data.first_name + ' ' + data.last_name;
            }
        },
        { data: 'position' },
        { data: 'office' },
        { data: 'extn' },
        { data: 'start_date' },
        { data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }
    ],
    layout: {
        topStart: {
            buttons: [
                { extend: 'create', editor: editor },
                { extend: 'edit', editor: editor },
                { extend: 'remove', editor: editor }
            ]
        }
    },
    select: true
});

const editor = new DataTable.Editor({
    fields: [
        {
            label: 'First name:',
            name: 'first_name'
        },
        {
            label: 'Last name:',
            name: 'last_name'
        },
        {
            label: 'Position:',
            name: 'position'
        },
        {
            label: 'Office:',
            name: 'office'
        },
        {
            label: 'Extension:',
            name: 'extn'
        },
        {
            label: 'Start date:',
            name: 'start_date',
            type: 'datetime'
        },
        {
            label: 'Salary:',
            name: 'salary'
        }
    ],
    table: '#example'
});
 
new DataTable('#example', {
    ajax: '../php/staff.php',
    columns: [
        {
            data: null,
            render: (data) => data.first_name + ' ' + data.last_name
        },
        { data: 'position' },
        { data: 'office' },
        { data: 'extn' },
        { data: 'start_date' },
        { data: 'salary', render: DataTable.render.number(null, null, 0, '$') }
    ],
    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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