Editor example Server-side processing

When using server-side processing, rather than passing this into the inline() method (where this is the td cell) we need to translate the cell node into an index using cell().index(). The reason for this is that when server-side processing is enabled, each redraw will refresh the table, resulting in the original cell no longer being in the document (it has been discarded and replaced). Using the cell index allows the reference to the correct cell to be maintained over the redraw.

This example shows that in practice.

First name Last name Position Office Start date Salary

The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

Javascript
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var editor; // use a global for the submit and return data rendering in the examples
 
$(document).ready(function() {
    editor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor( {
        ajax: "../../controllers/staff.php",
        table: "#example",
        fields: [ {
                label: "First name:",
                name: "first_name"
            }, {
                label: "Last name:",
                name: "last_name"
            }, {
                label: "Position:",
                name: "position"
            }, {
                label: "Office:",
                name: "office"
            }, {
                label: "Extension:",
                name: "extn"
            }, {
                label: "Start date:",
                name: "start_date",
                type: "datetime"
            }, {
                label: "Salary:",
                name: "salary"
            }
        ]
    } );
 
    // Activate an inline edit on click of a table cell
    $('#example').on( 'click', 'tbody td:not(:first-child)', function (e) {
        editor.inline( table.cell( this ).index(), {
            onBlur: 'submit'
        } );
    } );
 
    var table = $('#example').DataTable( {
        dom: 'Bfrtip',
        ajax: {
            url: '../../controllers/staff.php',
            type: 'POST'
        },
        serverSide: true,
        order: [[ 1, 'asc' ]],
        columns: [
            {
                data: null,
                defaultContent: '',
                className: 'select-checkbox',
                orderable: false,
                searchable: false
            },
            { data: "first_name" },
            { data: "last_name" },
            { data: "position" },
            { data: "office" },
            { data: "start_date" },
            { data: "salary", render: $.fn.dataTable.render.number( ',', '.', 0, '$' ) }
        ],
        select: {
            style:    'os',
            selector: 'td:first-child'
        },
        buttons: [
            { extend: "create", editor: editor },
            { extend: "edit",   editor: editor },
            { extend: "remove", editor: editor }
        ]
    } );
} );

In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:

Editor submits and retrieves information by Ajax requests. The two blocks below show the data that Editor submits and receives, to and from the server. This is updated live as you interact with Editor so you can see what is submitted.

Submitted data:

The following shows the data that has been submitted to the server when a request is made to add, edit or delete data from the table.

// No data yet submitted

Server response:

The following shows the data that has been returned by the server in response to the data submitted on the left and is then acted upon.

// No data yet received

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