Pagination in jQuery DataTable not working

Question

Have been surfing and applying various solutions but the problems just isnt being solved. The dataTable doesnt paginate the table rows

$('#rates_table').DataTable({
    stateSave: true,
    "dom":'<"top"f>rt<"bottom"p><"clear">', 
    "lengthChange": true, 
    "pageLength":10, 
    "order": [[1, "desc"]]
});

Answer 1

Need to add jquery library first and then datatable library and it's css

You given code worked for me:-

 $('#customers_table').DataTable({ stateSave: true, "dom":'<"top"f>rt<"bottom"p><"clear">', "lengthChange": true, "pageLength":10, "order": [[1, "desc"]] });

 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.0/css/jquery.dataTables.css"> <script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.9/js/jquery.dataTables.js"></script> <table id="customers_table" width="100%" class="display table table-striped dataTable no-footer" border="0" cellpadding="5" role="grid" style="width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr class="header" role="row"> <th align="left" class="sorting_disabled" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="" style="width: 36px;"><input type="checkbox" class="checkall" name="item"></th> <th align="left" class="sorting_asc" tabindex="0" aria-controls="customers_table" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-sort="ascending" aria-label="Full Name: activate to sort column descending" style="width: 219px;">Full Name</th> <th align="center" class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="customers_table" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Email Address: activate to sort column ascending" style="width: 212px;">Email Address</th> <th align="left" class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="customers_table" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Phone: activate to sort column ascending" style="width: 111px;">Phone</th> <th align="left" class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="customers_table" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Policies: activate to sort column ascending" style="width: 83px;">Policies</th> <th align="left" class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="customers_table" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Quotes: activate to sort column ascending" style="width: 80px;">Quotes</th> <th align="left" class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="customers_table" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Date of Registration: activate to sort column ascending" style="width: 192px;">Date of Registration</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr id="3" class="odd" align="left" role="row"> <td><input type="checkbox" class="chkitem" value="[{&quot;function&quot;:&quot;delete&quot;,&quot;params&quot;:&quot;3,Betrand Bella Start,winchestaer@gmail.com&quot;}]" name="item[]"></td> <td class="sorting_1"><a href="http://localhost/esurance365ec/admin/customers/show/3">Betrand Bella Start</a></td> <td>winchestaer@gmail.com</td> <td>00238482734</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>25 Mar 17</td> </tr> <tr id="5" class="even" align="left" role="row"> <td><input type="checkbox" class="chkitem" value="[{&quot;function&quot;:&quot;delete&quot;,&quot;params&quot;:&quot;5,Muchiri Stanley N. Muchiri,sngumo@gmail.com&quot;}]" name="item[]"></td> <td class="sorting_1"><a href="http://localhost/esurance365ec/admin/customers/show/5">Muchiri Stanley N. Muchiri</a></td> <td>sngumo@gmail.com</td> <td>722958720</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>04 Apr 17</td> </tr> <tr id="2" class="odd" align="left" role="row"> <td><input type="checkbox" class="chkitem" value="[{&quot;function&quot;:&quot;delete&quot;,&quot;params&quot;:&quot;2,Okore Jumbe More,okore@gmail.com&quot;}]" name="item[]"></td> <td class="sorting_1"><a href="http://localhost/esurance365ec/admin/customers/show/2">Okore Jumbe More</a></td> <td>okore@gmail.com</td> <td>072438934</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>24 Mar 17</td> </tr> <tr id="4" class="even" align="left" role="row"> <td><input type="checkbox" class="chkitem" value="[{&quot;function&quot;:&quot;delete&quot;,&quot;params&quot;:&quot;4,Rude Bwoyi,TRENDA45@YAHOO.COM&quot;}]" name="item[]"></td> <td class="sorting_1"><a href="http://localhost/esurance365ec/admin/customers/show/4">Rude Bwoyi</a></td> <td>TRENDA45@YAHOO.COM</td> <td>5434534</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>24 Mar 17</td> </tr> <tr id="1" class="odd" align="left" role="row"> <td><input type="checkbox" class="chkitem" value="[{&quot;function&quot;:&quot;delete&quot;,&quot;params&quot;:&quot;1,Samuel Bepari Jones,samuelstar@gmail.com&quot;}]" name="item[]"></td> <td class="sorting_1"><a href="http://localhost/esurance365ec/admin/customers/show/1">Samuel Bepari Jones</a></td> <td>samuelstar@gmail.com</td> <td>0743294283</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>24 Mar 17</td> </tr> <tr id="12" class="odd" align="left" role="row"> <td><input type="checkbox" class="chkitem" value="[{&quot;function&quot;:&quot;delete&quot;,&quot;params&quot;:&quot;1,Samuel Bepari Jones,samuelstar@gmail.com&quot;}]" name="item[]"></td> <td class="sorting_1"><a href="http://localhost/esurance365ec/admin/customers/show/1">Samuel Bepari Jones</a></td> <td>samuelstar@gmail.com</td> <td>0743294283</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>24 Mar 17</td> </tr> <tr id="9" class="odd" align="left" role="row"> <td><input type="checkbox" class="chkitem" value="[{&quot;function&quot;:&quot;delete&quot;,&quot;params&quot;:&quot;1,Samuel Bepari Jones,samuelstar@gmail.com&quot;}]" name="item[]"></td> <td class="sorting_1"><a href="http://localhost/esurance365ec/admin/customers/show/1">Samuel Bepari Jones</a></td> <td>samuelstar@gmail.com</td> <td>0743294283</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>24 Mar 17</td> </tr> <tr id="6" class="odd" align="left" role="row"> <td><input type="checkbox" class="chkitem" value="[{&quot;function&quot;:&quot;delete&quot;,&quot;params&quot;:&quot;1,Samuel Bepari Jones,samuelstar@gmail.com&quot;}]" name="item[]"></td> <td class="sorting_1"><a href="http://localhost/esurance365ec/admin/customers/show/1">Samuel Bepari Jones</a></td> <td>samuelstar@gmail.com</td> <td>0743294283</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>24 Mar 17</td> </tr> <tr id="7" class="odd" align="left" role="row"> <td><input type="checkbox" class="chkitem" value="[{&quot;function&quot;:&quot;delete&quot;,&quot;params&quot;:&quot;1,Samuel Bepari Jones,samuelstar@gmail.com&quot;}]" name="item[]"></td> <td class="sorting_1"><a href="http://localhost/esurance365ec/admin/customers/show/1">Samuel Bepari Jones</a></td> <td>samuelstar@gmail.com</td> <td>0743294283</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>24 Mar 17</td> </tr> <tr id="10" class="odd" align="left" role="row"> <td><input type="checkbox" class="chkitem" value="[{&quot;function&quot;:&quot;delete&quot;,&quot;params&quot;:&quot;1,Samuel Bepari Jones,samuelstar@gmail.com&quot;}]" name="item[]"></td> <td class="sorting_1"><a href="http://localhost/esurance365ec/admin/customers/show/1">Samuel Bepari Jones</a></td> <td>samuelstar@gmail.com</td> <td>0743294283</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>24 Mar 17</td> </tr> <tr id="11" class="odd" align="left" role="row"> <td><input type="checkbox" class="chkitem" value="[{&quot;function&quot;:&quot;delete&quot;,&quot;params&quot;:&quot;1,Samuel Bepari Jones,samuelstar@gmail.com&quot;}]" name="item[]"></td> <td class="sorting_1"><a href="http://localhost/esurance365ec/admin/customers/show/1">Samuel Bepari Jones</a></td> <td>samuelstar@gmail.com</td> <td>0743294283</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>24 Mar 17</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Note:-

1.he rows count in your data is less than 10, that is also one reason that pagination will not show (but it doesn't mean that it will not work). I have added more data in code to show you that pagination is working

2.@StanleyNgumo you need to first add jQuery library and then data-table library and then your script code. Now if you are adding your script code in header then wrap your code inside $(document).ready(function(){...}); . If you are adding the script code at footer then no need of $(document).ready(){...});

Answer 2

Try this data table

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.13/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">

Answer 3

I think it's worth mentioning here that the pagination will only work with a properly formatted table.

An optional footer (tfoot) can also be used.