Question

I am trying to implement a function on jquery datatable, that returns the 1st and the 4th column of a clicked row

i am following this example, which allows me to manipulate a clicked row
http://datatables.net/examples/api/select_single_row.html

thinking that i can change this handler to do the read cell value procedures and use the value on my own logic

/* Add a click handler to the rows - this could be used as a callback */
$("#example tbody").click(function(event) {
    $(oTable.fnSettings().aoData).each(function (){
        $(this.nTr).removeClass('row_selected');
    });
    $(event.target.parentNode).addClass('row_selected');
});

i have also come over with this little code segment from dataTable forum http://datatables.net/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=1384&page=1#Item_0

$('#example tbody tr').click( function () {
    // Alert the contents of an element in a SPAN in the first TD
    alert( $('td:eq(0) span', this).html() );
} );

may i have any pointer so i can get the 1st and 4th column of the clicked field?

next part
I have the above solved, thanks nick

however i have the next part of the problem. when i init the table
i use

/* Init the table */
    oTable = $('#filetable').dataTable( {
        "bProcessing": true,
        "bServerSide": true,
        "sAjaxSource": "/crvWeb/jsonFileList.do",
        "fnServerData": function ( sSource, aoData, fnCallback ) {
            $.ajax( {
                "dataType": 'json', 
                "type": "POST", 
                "url": sSource, 
                "data": aoData, 
                "success": fnCallback
            } );
        }
    } );

my servlet takes a dir request parameter and returns a listing to the datatable as json response.

/crvWeb/jsonFileList.do

how can i add and get serlvet response with post request so i can have my table updated?

Answer 1

You can use .delegate() easiest here, like this:

$("#example tbody").delegate("tr", "click", function() {
  var firstCellText = $("td:first", this).text();
  var fourthCellText = $("td:eq(3)", this).text();
});

You can try out a demo here

With .delegate() this refers to the <tr> since that’s the click we’re handling, making things quite a bit cleaner..and it’s still only one event handler at the <tbody> level, not one per <tr>.