Creating data table without a collection

[zachnar]

Hi!

Quick question - I hope I didn't miss anything in the readme. Is there a way of creating a data table without linking the data tabel to a Collection. For example, I have a search field that will return results (json) from a different server - Is there a way of creating the data table with the response data?

Thanks!

[luixal]

You can create a local collection. If I remember rigth, somethinkg like:

myCollection = new Meteor.Collection(null)

and then put your data inside that collection. Not sure if it works, maybe local collections are only allowed on the client.

I guess other option is to directly use the ajax feature of DataTables, as you'll be fetching your data in a paginated way.