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Sounds like it is the set API method that you will need, which is documented here: http://editor.datatables.net/api/#set .

oTable = $('#search').dataTable(

oTable = jQuery('#siteDetail').dataTable( {

See the 'speed' FAQ for information on this: http://datatables.net/faqs#speed

$('#select').click( function() {

Yes - http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/button_options#sFileName

$('#select').click( function() {

See: http://datatables.net/faqs#speed

//$('#structure').html(control);

var timeRange = $("#start_time option:selected").val();

$('#sex').val(JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem(fieldsPrefix + 'Sex')));

You can't currently give them an ID (not a bad idea for a future enhancement), but you can give them a class with the sButtonClass option: http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/button_options#sButto

$('#SERIAL_ID').val(value);

tools.dtSearchOnField(aoData, '#sex', 'IsMaleGender');

$('#showOpenCheckBox').change (

tools.dtSearchOnField(aoData, '#sex', 'IsMaleGender');

var oTable = jQuery('#siteDetail').dataTable( {

"iDisplayLength": $("#sFilterType").val().toLowerCase().startsWith("showall") ? pagingCount : 5,

http://datatables.net/usage/options#sAjaxDataProp

The star hack is for IE6 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_filter#Star_hack ). It introduces invalid CSS which everything else ignores, but that's the cost of IE6 support here.