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Hi @danilodelconsole , For server side processing, enable serverSide. The protocol is discussed here. Cheers, Colin

Yes, see this example. It requires a custom plug-in to be written for whatever search it is that you need. Allan

I think I got what I needed by adding stateSave: true and this line to the bottom (right under the column.data().unique().sort().each function) select.val(column.search().slice(1, -1).replace('\\', ''));

For reference, @nilakshibhosale resolved this and posted his solution onto this thread.

Hi @colin , thank you a lot, it's working fine.

Hi @johnnyu , This thread should help, it's asking the same thing. Cheers, Colin

This is where DataTables does ensure that the Ajax response is drawn only for the latest request. If that isn't working for you, can you link to a page showing the issue please? Also you might want to consider upping the searchDelay default to increase the delay before a search is performed. Allan

this example for select filtering. You can build the

I found out that I can just use the data-sort attribute on the element? Like on the following: <table> <thead> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td>Age</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>John Doe</td> <td data-sort="37">2/1/78 (37 years old)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jane Doe</td> <td data-sort="35">12/1/80 (35 years old)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> I found the anser here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7668047/how-can-i-get-jquery-datatables-to-sort-on-hidden-value-but-search-on-displayed

@colin We all have those.. Thanks this worked.