# Editor example Data shown in table only

This example shows how Editor can handle the case where data is shown in the table, but is not available in the form to be edited. This can be useful where the server generates some of the data to be shown in the table, for example a timestamp showing the last edited time, or an auto incrementing sequence. This is the inverse of the form only data example.

The way this works is that Editor simply returns the details for the row on each create and edit action, in the `row` return parameter. This information is then used to populate the DataTable.

First name | Last name | Updated date
--- | --- | ---
First name | Last name | Updated date

- JavaScript
- HTML
- CSS
- Ajax
- Server-side script

The JavaScript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

`const editor = new DataTable.Editor({ ajax: '../php/tableOnlyData.php', fields: [ { label: 'First name:', name: 'first_name' }, { label: 'Last name:', name: 'last_name' } ], table: '#example' }); new DataTable('#example', { ajax: '../php/tableOnlyData.php', columns: [ { data: 'first_name' }, { data: 'last_name' }, { data: 'updated_date' } ], layout: { topStart: { buttons: [ { extend: 'create', editor: editor }, { extend: 'edit', editor: editor }, { extend: 'remove', editor: editor } ] } }, select: true });`

In addition to the above code, the following JavaScript library files are loaded for use in this example:

The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:

This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown below:

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The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the table:

This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.

The script used to perform the server-side processing for this table is shown below. Please note that this is just an example script using PHP. Server-side processing scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the DataTables documentation.