I have a component in my angular 2 application which has a dropdown list and a datatable. Based on the name selected from the dropdown list, I want to display the details in the datatable.
HTML -
<div>
<select [(ngModel)]="selectName">
<option *ngFor="let name of nameList" value= {{name.firstName}} >
{{name.firstName}}
</option>
</select>
<button id="submitName" (click)="getData()">Go</button>
</div>
<table id="namesTable" [dtTrigger]="dtTrigger" datatable class="row-border hover">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>ID</th>
<th>First name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Middle Name</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody *ngIf="retrievedNames">
<tr *ngFor="let name of retrievedNames">
<td>{{name.id}}</td>
<td>{{name.firstName}}</td>
<td>{{name.lastName}}</td>
<td>{{name.middleName}}</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Component.ts file -
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { Http } from '@angular/http';
import { NetworkService } from './../services/network.service';
import { Subject } from 'rxjs/Rx';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';
@Component({
selector: 'app-namedetails',
templateUrl: './namedetails.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./namedetails.component.css']
})
export class NameDetails implements OnInit {
private nameList: any;
private selectedName:string;
private retrievedNames: any;
dtTrigger: Subject<any> = new Subject();
constructor(private _http:Http, private networkservice : NetworkService,private router: Router) {
}
ngOnInit() {
this.fetchFirstNames();
}
fetchFirstNames(){
this.networkservice.getAllFirstNames()
.subscribe(
res => {
console.log(res);
this.nameList = res;
});
}
fetchAllDetails(){
this.networkservice.getAllNames(this.selectedName)
.subscribe(
res => {
console.log(res);
this.retrievedNames = res;
this.dtTrigger.next();
});
}
getData(){
this.fetchAllDetails();
}
}
Whenever I change the value in the dropdown list - I get an alert saying "Datatable warning: table id= namesTable - Cannot reinitialize DataTable. For more information about this error, please see http://datatables.net/tn/3". I understand that reinitializing the datatable again and again is not allow.
So whenever an item is selected/changed in the dropdown, I want to destroy the old instance of the datatable and create/reinitialize a new one.
How do I do this in angular 2 ?
UPDATE - this Link helped me get rid of the error but I ran into another problem which I have posted here