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<h1>DataTables example
<span>Server-side processing
</span></h1>
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<p>There are many ways to get your data into DataTables, and if you are working with seriously large
databases, you might want to consider using the server-side options that DataTables provides. With
server-side processing enabled, all paging, searching, ordering etc actions that DataTables performs
are handed off to a server where an SQL engine (or similar) can perform these actions on the large data
set (after all, that's what the database engine is designed for!). As such, each draw of the table will
result in a new Ajax request being made to get the required data.
</p>
<p>Server-side processing is enabled by setting the
<a href=
"//datatables.net/reference/option/serverSide"><code class="option" title=
"DataTables initialisation option">serverSide
<span>DT
</span></code></a> option to
<code>true
</code> and
providing an Ajax data source through the
<a href="//datatables.net/reference/option/ajax"><code class=
"option" title="DataTables initialisation option">ajax
<span>DT
</span></code></a> option.
</p>
<p>This example shows a very simple table, matching the other client-side processing examples, but in
this instance using server-side processing.
</p>
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<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>First name
</th>
<th>Last name
</th>
<th>Position
</th>
<th>Office
</th>
<th>Start date
</th>
<th>Salary
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<th>First name
</th>
<th>Last name
</th>
<th>Position
</th>
<th>Office
</th>
<th>Start date
</th>
<th>Salary
</th>
</tr>
</tfoot>
</table>
<ul class="tabs">
<li class="active">Javascript
</li>
<li>HTML
</li>
<li>CSS
</li>
<li>Ajax
</li>
<li>Server-side script
</li>
</ul>
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<div class="js">
<p>The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this
example:
</p><code class="multiline brush: js;">$(document).ready(function() {
$('#example').dataTable( {
"processing
": true,
"serverSide
": true,
"ajax
":
"scripts/server_processing.php
"
} );
} );
</code>
<p>In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this
example:
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<ul>
<li><a href="../../media/js/jquery.js">../../media/js/jquery.js
</a></li>
<li><a href="../../media/js/jquery.dataTables.js">../../media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
</a></li>
</ul>
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<p>The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by
DataTables:
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<p>This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library
files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown
below:
</p><code class="multiline brush: js;"></code>
</div>
<p>The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the
table:
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href=
"../../media/css/jquery.dataTables.css">../../media/css/jquery.dataTables.css
</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="ajax">
<p>This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data
will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.
</p>
</div>
<div class="php">
<p>The script used to perform the server-side processing for this table is shown below. Please note
that this is just an example script using PHP. Server-side processing scripts can be written in any
language, using
<a href="//datatables.net/manual/server-side">the protocol described in the
DataTables documentation
</a>.
</p>
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<h3><a href="../basic_init/index.html">Basic initialisation
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<li><a href="../basic_init/comma-decimal.html">Language - Comma decimal place
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<h3><a href="../advanced_init/index.html">Advanced initialisation
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<li><a href="../advanced_init/dom_multiple_elements.html">Multiple table control
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<h3><a href="../data_sources/index.html">Data sources
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<li><a href="../data_sources/dom.html">HTML (DOM) sourced data
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<li><a href="../data_sources/ajax.html">Ajax sourced data
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<li><a href="../data_sources/js_array.html">Javascript sourced data
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<li><a href="../data_sources/server_side.html">Server-side processing
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<h3><a href="../api/index.html">API
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<li><a href="../api/add_row.html">Add rows
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<li><a href="../api/multi_filter.html">Individual column searching (text inputs)
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inputs)
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<h3><a href="../ajax/index.html">Ajax
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<li><a href="../ajax/simple.html">Ajax data source (arrays)
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<li><a href="../ajax/null_data_source.html">Generated content for a column
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<li><a href="../ajax/custom_data_property.html">Custom data source property
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<li><a href="../ajax/custom_data_flat.html">Flat array data source
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<li><a href="../ajax/defer_render.html">Deferred rendering for speed
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<h3><a href="./index.html">Server-side
</a></h3>
<ul class="toc active">
<li class="active"><a href="./simple.html">Server-side processing
</a></li>
<li><a href="./custom_vars.html">Custom HTTP variables
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<li><a href="./post.html">POST data
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<li><a href="./ids.html">Automatic addition of row ID attributes
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<li><a href="./object_data.html">Object data source
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<li><a href="./row_details.html">Row details
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<li><a href="./select_rows.html">Row selection
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<li><a href="./jsonp.html">JSONP data source for remote domains
</a></li>
<li><a href="./defer_loading.html">Deferred loading of data
</a></li>
<li><a href="./pipeline.html">Pipelining data to reduce Ajax calls for paging
</a></li>
</ul>
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<h3><a href="../plug-ins/index.html">Plug-ins
</a></h3>
<ul class="toc">
<li><a href="../plug-ins/api.html">API plug-in methods
</a></li>
<li><a href="../plug-ins/sorting_auto.html">Ordering plug-ins (with type
detection)
</a></li>
<li><a href="../plug-ins/sorting_manual.html">Ordering plug-ins (no type
detection)
</a></li>
<li><a href="../plug-ins/range_filtering.html">Custom filtering - range search
</a></li>
<li><a href="../plug-ins/dom_sort.html">Live DOM ordering
</a></li>
</ul>
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<div class="epilogue">
<p>Please refer to the
<a href="http://www.datatables.net">DataTables documentation
</a> for full
information about its API properties and methods.
<br>
Additionally, there are a wide range of
<a href="http://www.datatables.net/extras">extras
</a> and
<a href="http://www.datatables.net/plug-ins">plug-ins
</a> which extend the capabilities of
DataTables.
</p>
<p class="copyright">DataTables designed and created by
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"http://www.sprymedia.co.uk">SpryMedia Ltd
</a> © 2007-2014
<br>
DataTables is licensed under the
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