Question

I am using this code to init DataTable:

    $('#table-groups').dataTable( {
    "bJQueryUI": true,
    "sPaginationType": "full_numbers",
    "bFilter": false,
    "bInfo": false,
    "aLengthMenu": [[10, 25, 50, -1], [10, 25, 50, "All"]],
    "aoColumns": [
     { "sClass": "name" },
     { "sClass": "tools", "bSortable": false},
     ],     
    });

Now I am adding rows via server-side script like this:

$('#table-groups').dataTable().fnAddData( ["<strong>"+$_returnvalue.name+"</strong>","<div class=\"cell edit\"> Group ID is: "+$_returnvalue.entryid+" </div>"]);   

And my question: is there a way to insert value of $_returnvalue.entryid to be ID of the <tr> ?

Answer 1

You can use the fnCreatedRow callback

You can do something like where aData[0] has to be the id.

$('#example').dataTable( {
    "fnCreatedRow": function( nRow, aData, iDataIndex ) {
        $(nRow).attr('id', aData[0]);
    }
});

Demo: Fiddle