jquery datatables: adding extra column

Question

Scenario

I am using datatables (@version 1.9.4) for the first time to display data to the user. I succeed in retrieving the data via ajax and in bin

Answer 1

Just in case anyone using a newer version of DataTables (1.10+) is looking for an answer to this question, I followed the directions on this page:

https://datatables.net/examples/ajax/null_data_source.html