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Filter should be done only for first column like $("#example td:first-child")

did you d/l the jQuery UI datepicker js/css and included them in your page? did you set your filter to be filter_type: "range_date" ? if not then do all of the above :)

Just like i said before, i dont need the auto filter. I just want to filter the results after triggering a SEARCH button.

an alternative solution would be to use my yadcf plugin, you can use the filter_container_id property for each filter in order to place it outside the table see example (third column filter) http://yadcf-showcase.appspot.com/DOM_source.html

You also can use my yadcf plugin ,see example http://yadcf-showcase.appspot.com/DOM_source.html It has range_date filter and another 8 different types of filters.

code that executes the filter creation will be delayed

you can also try my yadcf plugin it got range_date filter and 8 more types... http://yadcf-showcase.appspot.com/DOM_source.html

you can try my yadcf plugin for datatables it has 9 different filter type (select is the default one) http://yadcf-showcase.appspot.com/

this solution will cause filters for hidden columns to

basically row will be hidden if it does not match the filter criteria... i.e if you filter for "orange" in some column and a certain row (column) does not have orange value ---> the entire row will be hidden