In my data table I have the following column definition:

columns:[ {data: "supplier", render: function(data, type, row){ return data ? data.name : null } ] 

In my SearchResultDatatable#data method I have

def data records.map do |record| { supplier: {name: record.supplier.try(:name)}, } end 

This is not working - I get the datatables.net/tn/4 error because

{name: record.supplier.try(:name)}

gets serialized as a string not an object- so data.name returns undefined.

Any thoughts on how to fix this?