JQuery Datatables : Cannot read property 'aDataSort' of undefined

Question

I created this fiddle to and it works well as per my requirements: Fiddle

However, when I use the same in my application I get an error in the browser console saying

Answer 1

In my case I solved the problem by establishing a valid column number when applying the order property inside the script where you configure the data table.

var table = $('#mytable').DataTable({
     .
     .
     .
     order: [[ 1, "desc" ]],