<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/ico" href="http://www.datatables.net/favicon.ico"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../resources/syntax/shCore.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../resources/demo.css"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="../resources/syntax/shCore.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="../resources/demo.js"></script> <title>DataTables examples - Data sources</title> </head> <body class="dt-example"> <div class="container"> <section> <h1>DataTables example <span>Data sources</span></h1> <div class="info"> <p>DataTables can obtain data from four different fundamental sources:</p> <ul class="markdown"> <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> </ul> <p>Which of these options is used to populate the table data depends upon how the table is initialised. The examples in this section show these four different data source types.</p> </div> </section> </div> <section> <div class="footer"> <div class="gradient"></div> <div class="liner"> <div class="toc"> <div class="toc-group"> <h3><a href="./index.html">Data sources</a></h3> <ul class="toc"> <li> <a href="./dom.html">HTML (DOM) sourced data</a> </li> <li> <a href="./ajax.html">Ajax sourced data</a> </li> <li> <a href="./js_array.html">Javascript sourced data</a> </li> <li> <a href="./server_side.html">Server-side processing</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="epilogue"> <p>Please refer to the <a href="http://www.datatables.net">DataTables documentation</a> for full information about its API properties and methods.<br> Additionally, there are a wide range of <a href="http://www.datatables.net/extensions">extensions</a> and <a href= "http://www.datatables.net/plug-ins">plug-ins</a> which extend the capabilities of DataTables.</p> <p class="copyright">DataTables designed and created by <a href="http://www.sprymedia.co.uk">SpryMedia Ltd</a> © 2007-2019<br> DataTables is licensed under the <a href="http://www.datatables.net/mit">MIT license</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </body> </html>