<h1>DataTables example <span>Data sources</span></h1>
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<p>DataTables can obtain data from four different fundamental sources:</p>
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<li>HTML document (DOM)</li>
<li>Javascript (array / objects)</li>
<li>Ajax sourced data with client-side processing</li>
<li>Ajax sourced data with server-side processing</li>
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<p>Which of these options is used to populate the table with data depends upon how the table is initialised. The examples in this section show these four different data source types.</p>
Please refer to the <ahref="http://www.datatables.net">DataTables documentation</a> for full information about its API properties and methods.<br>
Additionally, there are a wide range of <ahref="http://www.datatables.net/extensions">extensions</a> and <ahref="http://www.datatables.net/plug-ins">plug-ins</a> which extend the capabilities of DataTables.