Allow create_table to handle tables without row data provided as JSON (so it can also convert regular HTML tables drawn in the template

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/wqflask/wqflask/static/new/javascript/create_datatable.js b/wqflask/wqflask/static/new/javascript/create_datatable.js
index fc9530a5..2953655c 100644
--- a/wqflask/wqflask/static/new/javascript/create_datatable.js
+++ b/wqflask/wqflask/static/new/javascript/create_datatable.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-create_table = function(tableId, tableData, columnDefs, customSettings) {
+create_table = function(tableId, tableData = [], columnDefs = [], customSettings = {}) {
 
     loadDataTable(tableId=tableId, tableData=tableData, customSettings, firstRun=true)
 
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ create_table = function(tableId, tableData, columnDefs, customSettings) {
                   change_buttons()
                 });
             },
-            "data": tableData,
             "columns": columnDefs,
             "sDom": "iti",
             "destroy": true,
@@ -49,6 +48,10 @@ create_table = function(tableId, tableData, columnDefs, customSettings) {
             }
         }
 
+        if (tableData.length > 0){
+            tableSettings["data"] = tableData
+        }
+
         // Replace default settings with custom settings or add custom settings if not already set in default settings
         $.each(customSettings, function(key, value) {
             tableSettings[key] = value