Question

This I think is simple but a little confused on the error because I of the way dataTables requests to use the Ajax function. Jquery, Tabledata with Ajax POST function.

Works:

$('#example').dataTable( {
        "sDom": 'T<"clear">lfrtip',
        "oTableTools": {
            "sSwfPath": "DataTables-1.9.2/extras/TableTools/media/swf/copy_csv_xls_pdf.swf"
        },
    "sAjaxSource": "rquery_v1.php",
    "fnServerData": function ( sSource, aoData, fnCallback ) {
        $.ajax( {
            "dataType": 'json', 
            "type": "POST", 
            "url": sSource, 
            "data": aoData,
            "success": fnCallback
        } );
    }
} );

when I attempt to pass an additional field “qid” it fails

Fails:

$('#example').dataTable( {
        "sDom": 'T<"clear">lfrtip',
        "oTableTools": {
            "sSwfPath": "DataTables-1.9.2/extras/TableTools/media/swf/copy_csv_xls_pdf.swf"
        },
    "sAjaxSource": "rquery_v1.php",
    "fnServerData": function ( sSource, aoData, fnCallback ) {
        $.ajax( {
            "dataType": 'json', 
            "type": "POST", 
            "url": sSource, 
            "data": { aoData, qid: 1 },
            "success": fnCallback
        } );
    }
} );

It is/was requested to have the quotes around “data” so that is a bit confusing on why. but it fails with “SyntaxError: invalid object initializer”

Thanks sure it is a simple issue as it is Syntax.

Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

You need a key for your aoData parameter, e.g.

'data':{myCoolArray:aoData, qid:1}

…which gives your aoData array a name myCoolArray by which you can access it on the server.

Cheers