Load ASP.Net MVC JSONResult jQuery DataTables

Question

I\'m trying to get the DataTables(http://datatables.net) to work with a JsonResult returned by an ASP.Net MVC Controller. I keep getting a \"DataTables warning (table id = \

Answer 1

In this example it appears that the data returned from the controller method needs to be in a specific format. He's actually returning the list as part of aaData. It also explains what each parameter is for. Perhaps you're just not formatting the return in a json format that DataTables understands.

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult AjaxHandler(jQueryDataTableParamModel param)
    {
        return Json(new{
                sEcho = param.sEcho,
                iTotalRecords = 97,
                iTotalDisplayRecords = 3,
                aaData = new List() {
                    new string[] {"1", "a1", "a2", "a3"},
                    new string[] {"2", "b1", "b2", "b3"},
                    new string[] {"3", "c1", "c2", "c3"}
                    }
            },
        JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }
}