Redraw on drawCallback?

morissette

mainTable = $("#main_dash").dataTable({ "language": { "url": "../locale/" + locale + "/LC_MESSAGES/" + "dt." + locale + ".txt", }, "pagingType": "full_numbers", "pageLength": 10, "processing": true, "ajax": { "url": "ajax_tables/main_table.php", "type": "POST" }, "columnDefs": [ { "orderable": false, "targets": 0 } ], "columns": [ {"data": "flagged"}, {"data": "date"}, {"data": "type"}, {"data": "regarding"}, {"data": "submitted_by"}, {"data": "review"}, {"data": "assign"}, ], "autoWidth":false, "order": [[1, 'asc']], "deferRender": true, "drawCallback": function() { setTimeout(function() { }, 20000); }, }); 

How do I redraw?

morissette

Actually I don't think I want to redraw I want to update the data in the table... anything that can be done without the API?

morissette

Trying:

 "drawCallback": function() { setTimeout(function() { mainTable.ajax.url("ajax_tables/main_table.php").load(); }, 20000); }, 

morissette

 "initComplete": function() { setTimeout(function() { mainTable.ajax.url("ajax_tables/main_table.php").load(); }, 5000); }, 

I went with that, but this only refreshes after the first time, how do I reload every 5 seconds always?

morissette

I used setInterval instead of setTimeout. This is resolved

allan

Nicely done - setInterval is the way to do it. It can also be cancelled with clearInterval if you ever need to.

Allan