Im having some issues with datatables.net and internet explorer 8 ( Could also be other browsers, but works in IE9). I have spent some time trying to find out what the issue is and i have been unable, but i have figured out what javascript that seems to trigger it:
If i remove this code then it works in IE 8, can someone point out the error in my ways ?
"aoColumns": [
{ "sType": "string" }, // Player name
{ "sType": "numeric-minus" }, // Damage done
{ "sType": "numeric-comma", "bVisible": false }, // DPS real
{ "sType": "numeric-comma" }, // DPS Avg
{"sType": "numeric-minus" }, // Damage taken
{"sType": "numeric-minus" }, // Healing done
{"sType": "numeric-comma", "bVisible": false }, // healing done HPS
{"sType": "numeric-comma" }, // healing done HPS Avg
{ "sType": "numeric-comma" }, // Overhealing
{ "sType": "numeric-comma" }, // Healing taken
{ "sType": "numeric-comma", "bVisible": false }, // Mana done
{ "sType": "numeric-comma", "bVisible": false }, // Stamina done
{"sType": "string", "bVisible": false }, // Class
{"sType": "percent" }, // Activity
],
Error details from IE 8
Webpage error details
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)
Timestamp: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:59:45 UTC
Message: 'style' is null or not an object
Line: 5585
Char: 7
Code: 0
media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
Lines from datatable around error ( Error line has comment behind it ).
Function: _fnGetUniqueThs Purpose: Get an array of unique th
elements, one for each column
Returns: array node:aReturn – list
of unique ths
Inputs: object:oSettings – dataTables settings
object
node:nHeader – automatically detect the layout from this
node – optional
array object:aLayout – thead/tfoot layout from
_fnDetectHeader – optional
var nThs = _fnGetUniqueThs( oSettings, nTheadClone );
iCorrector = 0;
for ( i=0 ; i<iColums ; i++ )
{
var oColumn = oSettings.aoColumns[i];
if ( oColumn.bVisible && oColumn.sWidthOrig !== null && oColumn.sWidthOrig !== "" )
{
nThs[i-iCorrector].style.width = _fnStringToCss( oColumn.sWidthOrig );
}
else if ( oColumn.bVisible )
{
nThs[i-iCorrector].style.width = ""; // This is the error line
}
else
{
iCorrector++;
}
}
Using this code fixed the problem for me, il leave the question open perhaps somone knows why it works with this change.