369001c7868ab47693b85bc0a42df1de18711c59 Fix: Server-side processing …

…auto type detection is enabled again (was removed in 2.1.0). It will attempt column type detection immediately, which was a large part of the issue before, in that the column type would not be detected until a user requested a column type (e.g. for SearchBuilder).

New: Auto column type detection can now be disabled with the new `-init detectType` option.

Sync to source repo @369001c7868ab47693b85bc0a42df1de18711c59

datatables.json

@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
     ],
     "src-repo": "http://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc",
     "last-tag": "2.1.5",
-    "last-sync": "d8c8900fbafa42a90aec216397ebf13095c10a20"
+    "last-sync": "369001c7868ab47693b85bc0a42df1de18711c59"
 }

js/dataTables.js

@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@
 				"caption",
 				"layout",
 				"orderDescReverse",
+				"typeDetect",
 				[ "iCookieDuration", "iStateDuration" ], // backwards compat
 				[ "oSearch", "oPreviousSearch" ],
 				[ "aoSearchCols", "aoPreSearchCols" ],
@@ -2274,12 +2275,6 @@
 		var i, ien, j, jen, k, ken;
 		var col, detectedType, cache;
 
-		// If SSP then we don't have the full data set, so any type detection would be
-		// unreliable and error prone
-		if (_fnDataSource( settings ) === 'ssp') {
-			return;
-		}
-
 		// For each column, spin over the data type detection functions, seeing if one matches
 		for ( i=0, ien=columns.length ; i<ien ; i++ ) {
 			col = columns[i];
@@ -2289,6 +2284,12 @@
 				col.sType = col._sManualType;
 			}
 			else if ( ! col.sType ) {
+				// With SSP type detection can be unreliable and error prone, so we provide a way
+				// to turn it off.
+				if (! settings.typeDetect) {
+					return;
+				}
+
 				for ( j=0, jen=types.length ; j<jen ; j++ ) {
 					var typeDetect = types[j];
 
@@ -4340,6 +4341,7 @@
 		}
 		settings.aiDisplay = settings.aiDisplayMaster.slice();
 
+		_fnColumnTypes(settings);
 		_fnDraw( settings, true );
 		_fnInitComplete( settings );
 		_fnProcessingDisplay( settings, false );
@@ -11960,7 +11962,10 @@
 		colgroup: null,
 
 		/** Delay loading of data */
-		deferLoading: null
+		deferLoading: null,
+
+		/** Allow auto type detection */
+		typeDetect: true
 	};
 
 	/**

js/dataTables.mjs

@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ var DataTable = function ( selector, options )
 			"caption",
 			"layout",
 			"orderDescReverse",
+			"typeDetect",
 			[ "iCookieDuration", "iStateDuration" ], // backwards compat
 			[ "oSearch", "oPreviousSearch" ],
 			[ "aoSearchCols", "aoPreSearchCols" ],
@@ -2221,12 +2222,6 @@ function _fnColumnTypes ( settings )
 	var i, ien, j, jen, k, ken;
 	var col, detectedType, cache;
 
-	// If SSP then we don't have the full data set, so any type detection would be
-	// unreliable and error prone
-	if (_fnDataSource( settings ) === 'ssp') {
-		return;
-	}
-
 	// For each column, spin over the data type detection functions, seeing if one matches
 	for ( i=0, ien=columns.length ; i<ien ; i++ ) {
 		col = columns[i];
@@ -2236,6 +2231,12 @@ function _fnColumnTypes ( settings )
 			col.sType = col._sManualType;
 		}
 		else if ( ! col.sType ) {
+			// With SSP type detection can be unreliable and error prone, so we provide a way
+			// to turn it off.
+			if (! settings.typeDetect) {
+				return;
+			}
+
 			for ( j=0, jen=types.length ; j<jen ; j++ ) {
 				var typeDetect = types[j];
 
@@ -4287,6 +4288,7 @@ function _fnAjaxUpdateDraw ( settings, json )
 	}
 	settings.aiDisplay = settings.aiDisplayMaster.slice();
 
+	_fnColumnTypes(settings);
 	_fnDraw( settings, true );
 	_fnInitComplete( settings );
 	_fnProcessingDisplay( settings, false );
@@ -11907,7 +11909,10 @@ DataTable.models.oSettings = {
 	colgroup: null,
 
 	/** Delay loading of data */
-	deferLoading: null
+	deferLoading: null,
+
+	/** Allow auto type detection */
+	typeDetect: true
 };
 
 /**