Using ajax to load a jQuery DataTable

Question

I\'m trying (and failing) to load a jQuery DataTable using the built-in ajax source argument. The datatable, however, shows the message \"Loading...\" where the row(s) shou

Answer 1

If your ajax source returns

[[[Hello], [Goodbye], [Test1], [Test2]]]

This is not ok for datatables. It should be:

{
     iTotalRecords: "54",
     iTotalDisplayRecords: "22",
     aaData: "[['Hello', 'Goodbye', 'Test1', 'Test2']]"
}

aaData stands for array of arrays.