README.rdoc in simple_datatables-0.1.2 vs README.rdoc in simple_datatables-0.1.3

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@@ -47,10 +47,26 @@ * will_paginate for nice pagination request syntax mapping * jsonify for simple output generation Gem works only with rails 3.1. +Gem includes datatables library and fnSetFilteringDelay plugin so you haven't include it by yourself. + +== Search for all fields + +Note that fulltext search will work only with text fields due to meta_search restrictions. To prevent errors use bSearchable: false for non-text columns in aoColumns field. + +== Regex search + +Due to meta_search restrictions it is impossible to use regex search for now. + +Instead, this gem recognizes bSearch flag as "contains" meta_search finder. + +By default "starts_with" is used due to database performance reasons. + +Independent fields search will always search using "starts_with" finder. + == Example The following code will show products list datatables. Manufacturer is belongs_to association for Product. In your controller: @@ -90,11 +106,9 @@ {"sName":"manufacturer_name"}, ], "bServerSide" : true, "fnServerData" : simpleDatatables }); - -Note that fulltext search will work only with text fields due to meta_search restrictions. To prevent errors use bSearchable: false for non-text columns in aoColumns field. == Copyright Copyright (c) Grigory Dmitrenko, 2011. See LICENSE for details.