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Bind the filter to focusout instead of keyup or whatever. That way you can change the value of the filter without tripping to the server.

it didnt have a filter). I added in a

Thanks a lot Allan, I had tried find(), and children(); filter() is the right function.

I also want to filter column A and D

be okay with your filtering approach since the filter is cumulative. Just don't

where I went to filter, it was trying to

iTotalDisplayRecords and iTotalRecords should be the same unless a filter is applied. It's trivial for DataTables to do aaData.length - so there is no need to say how many rows are in the JSON reply. Allan

the column I was filtering on. One fix is

sSource, aoData, fnCallback ) { // get filter ID var filter_id = $('#storedFilter_id').val();

You can use fnDrawCallback to find when the table is redrawn, and there is a settings property (this.fnSettings().bFiltered) which indicates if the filter has been updated. For example: [code] "fnDrawCallback": function ( oSettings ) { if ( oSettings.bFiltered ) { ... } }, [/code] Allan