Hi,
I'm using Datatables.net (for about 2.5 years now - great product) but I'm having an issue with server-side processing.
I need to enable server-side processing as a page on my client's site is taking 3.5 minutes to 4 minutes to load! It's not a particularly large table (6572 rows, each with several drop-down lists).
It's already getting json data via an ajax call and if I add the ServerSide: "true" parameter to the datatable in the javascript file, when I check Chrome developer tools, the ajax request is made on the first call and all the data is loaded. Clicking on the table pagination buttons does not make a subsequent ajax call, which I would have expected. Instead, no call is made and the table is still functioning completely client-side.
I've trawled through the server-side documentation on your site and I expected also to see some of the sent parameters e.g. draw, start, length etc but none were sent in the initial call.
Ultimately, I'm trying to make the ajax call for only the 10 records viewable in the current pagination.
My questions are
1. Is the ServerSide: "true" and ajax: properties the only ones required to enable server-side processing?
2. Why does my page still behave as client-side processing?
3. With server-side processing enabled, will each click of a pagination control send the appropriate parameters to the api?
If I can't get this to work, my options are to send the parameters myself and implement pagination without a full data-load, or use Cache-Cow for client and server-side caching.
The site is behind a login but if you need to access it to see what's happening better, I can arrange a test account for you.
Thanks,
Regards,
John