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Zero Configuration
DataTables has most features enabled by default, so all you need to do to use it with your own tables is to call the construction function:$().DataTable();.Searching, ordering and paging goodness will be immediately added to the table, as shown in this example.
Feature Unable /Disable
Disabling features that you don't wish to use for a particular table is easily done by setting a variable in the initialisation objectIn the following example only the search feature is left enabled (which it is by default).
Default ordering (sorting)
With DataTables you can alter the ordering characteristics of the table at initialisation time. Using the order:option initialisation parameter, you can set the table to display the data in exactly the order that you want.Theorder:Option parameter is an array of arrays where the first value of the inner array is the column to order on, and the second is 'asc':String (ascending ordering) or 'desc':String (descending ordering) as required.order:String is a 2D array to allow multi-column ordering to be defined.
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000
Michael Silva Marketing Designer London 66 2012/11/27 $198,500
Jackson Bradshaw Director New York 65 2008/09/26 $645,750
Paul Byrd Chief Financial Officer (CFO) New York 64 2010/06/09 $725,000
Olivia Liang Support Engineer Singapore 64 2011/02/03 $234,500
Serge Baldwin Data Coordinator Singapore 64 2012/04/09 $138,575
Garrett Winters Accountant Tokyo 63 2011/07/25 $170,750
Zenaida Frank Software Engineer New York 63 2010/01/04 $125,250
Vivian Harrell Financial Controller San Francisco 62 2009/02/14 $452,500
Tiger Nixon System Architect Edinburgh 61 2011/04/25 $320,800
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
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Multi-column ordering
DataTables allows ordering by multiple columns at the same time, which can be activated in a number of different ways:User shift click on a column (added the clicked column as a secondary, tertiary etc ordering column).On a per-column basis (i.e. order by a specific column and then a secondary column if the data in the first column is identical), through thecolumns.orderData option.Using the columns.orderData optionoption to specify a multiple column order by default (for example [ 0, 1 ]).Through the order() API API method.Note that, the ability for the user to shift click to order multiple columns can be disabled through the orderMulti optionoption.The example below shows the first column having a secondary order applied to the second column in the table, vice-versa for the second column being tied directly to the first and the salary column to the first name column.
Multiple tables
Often you might wish to initialise multiple tables with a single statement. This is trivially done by using a jQuery selector which will pick up multiple tables.The tables are independent for user control (i.e. user controlled paging on one table does not effect the others), but they do share the initialisation parameters given (for example if you specific the Spanish language file, all tables will be shown in Spanish). Additionally, the API can be used to manipulate both together, or independently.The example below shows two tables initialised with a single line of code, through the use of the table.display selector (i.e. select all elements which have the class of table.display (which is suitable in this example, you might wish to use a different selector).
NamePositionOfficeAgeSalary
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 $433,060
Dai Rios Personnel Lead Edinburgh 35 $217,500
Gavin Joyce Developer Edinburgh 42 $92,575
Jennifer Acosta Junior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 43 $75,650
Martena Mccray Post-Sales support Edinburgh 46 $324,050
Quinn Flynn Support Lead Edinburgh 22 $342,000
Shad Decker Regional Director Edinburgh 51 $183,000
Sonya Frost Software Engineer Edinburgh 23 $103,600
Tiger Nixon System Architect Edinburgh 61 $320,800
NamePositionOfficeAgeSalary
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NamePositionOfficeAgeSalary
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) London 47 $1,200,000
Bradley Greer Software Engineer London 41 $132,000
Bruno Nash Software Engineer London 38 $163,500
Haley Kennedy Senior Marketing Designer London 43 $313,500
Hermione Butler Regional Director London 47 $356,250
Jena Gaines Office Manager London 30 $90,560
Lael Greer Systems Administrator London 21 $103,500
Michael Silva Marketing Designer London 66 $198,500
Prescott Bartlett Technical Author London 27 $145,000
Suki Burks Developer London 53 $114,500
NamePositionOfficeAgeSalary
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Hidden columns
There are times when you might find it useful to display only a sub-set of the information that was available in the original table. For example you might want to reduce the amount of data shown on screen to make it clearer for the user (consider also using the Responsive extension for this). This is done through the columns.visible column optionoption.The column that is hidden is still part of the table and can be made visible through the api column().visible() API method at a future time if you wish to have columns which can be shown and hidden.Furthermore, as the hidden data is still part of the table, it can still, optionally, be filtered upon allowing the user access to that data (for example 'tag' information for a row entry might used).In the table below both the office and age version columns have been hidden, the former is not searchable, the latter is.
NamePositionStart dateSalary
Airi Satou Accountant 2008/11/28 $162,700
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 2009/10/09 $1,200,000
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author 2009/01/12 $86,000
Bradley Greer Software Engineer 2012/10/13 $132,000
Brenden Wagner Software Engineer 2011/06/07 $206,850
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist 2012/12/02 $372,000
Bruno Nash Software Engineer 2011/05/03 $163,500
Caesar Vance Pre-Sales Support 2011/12/12 $106,450
Cara Stevens Sales Assistant 2011/12/06 $145,600
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer 2012/03/29 $433,060
NamePositionStart dateSalary
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Complex headers (rowspan and colspan)
When using tables to display data, you will often wish to display column information in groups. DataTables fully supports colspan androwspan in the table's header, assigning the required order listeners to the TH element suitable for that column. Each column must have one TH cell which is unique to it for the listeners to be added. By default DataTables will use the bottom unique cell for the column to attach the order listener, if more than one cell for a column if found. The orderCellsTop:optionoption can be used to tell DataTables to use the top cell if you prefer.The example shown below has two sets of grouped information, grouped by colspan in the header.
NameHR InformationContact
PositionSalaryOfficeExtn.E-mail
Airi Satou Accountant $162,700 Tokyo 5407 [email protected]
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) $1,200,000 London 5797 [email protected]
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author $86,000 San Francisco 1562 [email protected]
Bradley Greer Software Engineer $132,000 London 2558 [email protected]
Brenden Wagner Software Engineer $206,850 San Francisco 1314 [email protected]
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist $372,000 New York 4804 [email protected]
Bruno Nash Software Engineer $163,500 London 6222 [email protected]
Caesar Vance Pre-Sales Support $106,450 New York 8330 [email protected]
Cara Stevens Sales Assistant $145,600 New York 3990 [email protected]
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer $433,060 Edinburgh 6224 [email protected]
NamePositionSalaryOfficeExtn.E-mail
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DOM Positioning
When customising DataTables for your own usage, you might find that the default position of the feature elements (filter input etc) is not quite to your liking. To address this issue DataTables takes inspiration from the CSS 3 Advanced Layout Module and provides the dom:option initialisation parameter which can be set to indicate where you wish particular features to appear in the DOM. You can also specify div wrapping containers (with an id and / or class) to provide complete layout flexibility.Each HTML control element presented by DataTables is denoted by a single character in the dom:option option. For example the l option is used for the Length changing input option.
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162,700
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) London 47 2009/10/09 $1,200,000
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000
Bradley Greer Software Engineer London 41 2012/10/13 $132,000
Brenden Wagner Software Engineer San Francisco 28 2011/06/07 $206,850
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372,000
Bruno Nash Software Engineer London 38 2011/05/03 $163,500
Caesar Vance Pre-Sales Support New York 21 2011/12/12 $106,450
Cara Stevens Sales Assistant New York 46 2011/12/06 $145,600
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
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Flexible table width
Often you may want to have your table resize dynamically with the page. Typically this is done by assigning width:100% in your CSS, but this presents a problem for Javascript since it can be very hard to get that relative size rather than the absolute pixels. As such, if you apply thewidth attribute to the HTML table tag or inline width style (style="width:100%"), it will be used as the width for the table (overruling any CSS styles).This example shows a table with width="80%" and the container is also flexible width, so as the window is resized, the table will also resize dynamically.
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162,700
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) London 47 2009/10/09 $1,200,000
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000
Bradley Greer Software Engineer London 41 2012/10/13 $132,000
Brenden Wagner Software Engineer San Francisco 28 2011/06/07 $206,850
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372,000
Bruno Nash Software Engineer London 38 2011/05/03 $163,500
Caesar Vance Pre-Sales Support New York 21 2011/12/12 $106,450
Cara Stevens Sales Assistant New York 46 2011/12/06 $145,600
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
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State saving
DataTables has the option of being able to save the state of a table (its paging position, ordering state etc) so that is can be restored when the user reloads a page, or comes back to the page after visiting a sub-page. This state saving ability is enabled by the stateSave option.The built in state saving method uses the HTML5 localStorage and sessionStorage APIs for efficient storage of the data. Please note that this means that the built in state saving option will not work with IE6/7 as these browsers do not support these APIs. Alternative options of using cookies or saving the state on the server through Ajax can be used through the stateSaveCallback and stateLoadCallback options.The duration for which the saved state is valid and can be used to restore the table state can be set using the stateDuration initialisation parameter (2 hours by default). This parameter also controls if localStorage (0 or greater) or sessionStorage (-1) is used to store the data.The example below simply shows state saving enabled in DataTables with the stateSave option.
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162,700
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) London 47 2009/10/09 $1,200,000
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000
Bradley Greer Software Engineer London 41 2012/10/13 $132,000
Brenden Wagner Software Engineer San Francisco 28 2011/06/07 $206,850
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372,000
Bruno Nash Software Engineer London 38 2011/05/03 $163,500
Caesar Vance Pre-Sales Support New York 21 2011/12/12 $106,450
Cara Stevens Sales Assistant New York 46 2011/12/06 $145,600
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
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Alternative pagination
The default page control presented by DataTables (forward and backward buttons with up to 7 page numbers in-between) is fine for most situations, but there are cases where you may wish to customise the options presented to the end user. This is done through DataTables' extensible pagination mechanism, the pagingType option.
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162,700
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) London 47 2009/10/09 $1,200,000
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000
Bradley Greer Software Engineer London 41 2012/10/13 $132,000
Brenden Wagner Software Engineer San Francisco 28 2011/06/07 $206,850
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372,000
Bruno Nash Software Engineer London 38 2011/05/03 $163,500
Caesar Vance Pre-Sales Support New York 21 2011/12/12 $106,450
Cara Stevens Sales Assistant New York 46 2011/12/06 $145,600
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
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Scroll - vertical
This example shows the DataTables table body scrolling in the vertical direction. This can generally be seen as an alternative method to pagination for displaying a large table in a fairly small vertical area, and as such pagination has been disabled here (note that this is not mandatory, it will work just fine with pagination enabled as well!).
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
Name
Position
Office
Age
Start date
Salary
Name
Position
Office
Age
Start date
Salary
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162,700
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) London 47 2009/10/09 $1,200,000
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000
Bradley Greer Software Engineer London 41 2012/10/13 $132,000
Brenden Wagner Software Engineer San Francisco 28 2011/06/07 $206,850
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372,000
Bruno Nash Software Engineer London 38 2011/05/03 $163,500
Caesar Vance Pre-Sales Support New York 21 2011/12/12 $106,450
Cara Stevens Sales Assistant New York 46 2011/12/06 $145,600
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060
Charde Marshall Regional Director San Francisco 36 2008/10/16 $470,600
Colleen Hurst Javascript Developer San Francisco 39 2009/09/15 $205,500
Dai Rios Personnel Lead Edinburgh 35 2012/09/26 $217,500
Donna Snider Customer Support New York 27 2011/01/25 $112,000
Doris Wilder Sales Assistant Sidney 23 2010/09/20 $85,600
Finn Camacho Support Engineer San Francisco 47 2009/07/07 $87,500
Fiona Green Chief Operating Officer (COO) San Francisco 48 2010/03/11 $850,000
Garrett Winters Accountant Tokyo 63 2011/07/25 $170,750
Gavin Cortez Team Leader San Francisco 22 2008/10/26 $235,500
Gavin Joyce Developer Edinburgh 42 2010/12/22 $92,575
Gloria Little Systems Administrator New York 59 2009/04/10 $237,500
Haley Kennedy Senior Marketing Designer London 43 2012/12/18 $313,500
Hermione Butler Regional Director London 47 2011/03/21 $356,250
Herrod Chandler Sales Assistant San Francisco 59 2012/08/06 $137,500
Hope Fuentes Secretary San Francisco 41 2010/02/12 $109,850
Howard Hatfield Office Manager San Francisco 51 2008/12/16 $164,500
Jackson Bradshaw Director New York 65 2008/09/26 $645,750
Jena Gaines Office Manager London 30 2008/12/19 $90,560
Jenette Caldwell Development Lead New York 30 2011/09/03 $345,000
Jennifer Acosta Junior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 43 2013/02/01 $75,650
Jennifer Chang Regional Director Singapore 28 2010/11/14 $357,650
Jonas Alexander Developer San Francisco 30 2010/07/14 $86,500
Lael Greer Systems Administrator London 21 2009/02/27 $103,500
Martena Mccray Post-Sales support Edinburgh 46 2011/03/09 $324,050
Michael Bruce Javascript Developer Singapore 29 2011/06/27 $183,000
Michael Silva Marketing Designer London 66 2012/11/27 $198,500
Michelle House Integration Specialist Sidney 37 2011/06/02 $95,400
Olivia Liang Support Engineer Singapore 64 2011/02/03 $234,500
Paul Byrd Chief Financial Officer (CFO) New York 64 2010/06/09 $725,000
Prescott Bartlett Technical Author London 27 2011/05/07 $145,000
Quinn Flynn Support Lead Edinburgh 22 2013/03/03 $342,000
Rhona Davidson Integration Specialist Tokyo 55 2010/10/14 $327,900
Sakura Yamamoto Support Engineer Tokyo 37 2009/08/19 $139,575
Serge Baldwin Data Coordinator Singapore 64 2012/04/09 $138,575
Shad Decker Regional Director Edinburgh 51 2008/11/13 $183,000
Shou Itou Regional Marketing Tokyo 20 2011/08/14 $163,000
Sonya Frost Software Engineer Edinburgh 23 2008/12/13 $103,600
Suki Burks Developer London 53 2009/10/22 $114,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick Regional Director London 19 2010/03/17 $385,750
Thor Walton Developer New York 61 2013/08/11 $98,540
Tiger Nixon System Architect Edinburgh 61 2011/04/25 $320,800
Timothy Mooney Office Manager London 37 2008/12/11 $136,200
Unity Butler Marketing Designer San Francisco 47 2009/12/09 $85,675
Vivian Harrell Financial Controller San Francisco 62 2009/02/14 $452,500
Yuri Berry Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) New York 40 2009/06/25 $675,000
Zenaida Frank Software Engineer New York 63 2010/01/04 $125,250
Zorita Serrano Software Engineer San Francisco 56 2012/06/01 $115,000
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
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Scroll - vertical, dynamic height
This example shows a vertically scrolling DataTable that makes use of the CSS3 vh unit in order to dynamically resize the viewport based on the browser window height. The vh unit is effectively a percentage of the browser window height. So the 50vh used in this example is 50% of the window height. The viewport size will update dynamically as the window is resized.A relatively modern browser is required for vh units to operate correctly. IE9+ supports the vh unit and all other evergreen browsers.
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
Name
Position
Office
Age
Start date
Salary
Name
Position
Office
Age
Start date
Salary
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162,700
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) London 47 2009/10/09 $1,200,000
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000
Bradley Greer Software Engineer London 41 2012/10/13 $132,000
Brenden Wagner Software Engineer San Francisco 28 2011/06/07 $206,850
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372,000
Bruno Nash Software Engineer London 38 2011/05/03 $163,500
Caesar Vance Pre-Sales Support New York 21 2011/12/12 $106,450
Cara Stevens Sales Assistant New York 46 2011/12/06 $145,600
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060
Charde Marshall Regional Director San Francisco 36 2008/10/16 $470,600
Colleen Hurst Javascript Developer San Francisco 39 2009/09/15 $205,500
Dai Rios Personnel Lead Edinburgh 35 2012/09/26 $217,500
Donna Snider Customer Support New York 27 2011/01/25 $112,000
Doris Wilder Sales Assistant Sidney 23 2010/09/20 $85,600
Finn Camacho Support Engineer San Francisco 47 2009/07/07 $87,500
Fiona Green Chief Operating Officer (COO) San Francisco 48 2010/03/11 $850,000
Garrett Winters Accountant Tokyo 63 2011/07/25 $170,750
Gavin Cortez Team Leader San Francisco 22 2008/10/26 $235,500
Gavin Joyce Developer Edinburgh 42 2010/12/22 $92,575
Gloria Little Systems Administrator New York 59 2009/04/10 $237,500
Haley Kennedy Senior Marketing Designer London 43 2012/12/18 $313,500
Hermione Butler Regional Director London 47 2011/03/21 $356,250
Herrod Chandler Sales Assistant San Francisco 59 2012/08/06 $137,500
Hope Fuentes Secretary San Francisco 41 2010/02/12 $109,850
Howard Hatfield Office Manager San Francisco 51 2008/12/16 $164,500
Jackson Bradshaw Director New York 65 2008/09/26 $645,750
Jena Gaines Office Manager London 30 2008/12/19 $90,560
Jenette Caldwell Development Lead New York 30 2011/09/03 $345,000
Jennifer Acosta Junior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 43 2013/02/01 $75,650
Jennifer Chang Regional Director Singapore 28 2010/11/14 $357,650
Jonas Alexander Developer San Francisco 30 2010/07/14 $86,500
Lael Greer Systems Administrator London 21 2009/02/27 $103,500
Martena Mccray Post-Sales support Edinburgh 46 2011/03/09 $324,050
Michael Bruce Javascript Developer Singapore 29 2011/06/27 $183,000
Michael Silva Marketing Designer London 66 2012/11/27 $198,500
Michelle House Integration Specialist Sidney 37 2011/06/02 $95,400
Olivia Liang Support Engineer Singapore 64 2011/02/03 $234,500
Paul Byrd Chief Financial Officer (CFO) New York 64 2010/06/09 $725,000
Prescott Bartlett Technical Author London 27 2011/05/07 $145,000
Quinn Flynn Support Lead Edinburgh 22 2013/03/03 $342,000
Rhona Davidson Integration Specialist Tokyo 55 2010/10/14 $327,900
Sakura Yamamoto Support Engineer Tokyo 37 2009/08/19 $139,575
Serge Baldwin Data Coordinator Singapore 64 2012/04/09 $138,575
Shad Decker Regional Director Edinburgh 51 2008/11/13 $183,000
Shou Itou Regional Marketing Tokyo 20 2011/08/14 $163,000
Sonya Frost Software Engineer Edinburgh 23 2008/12/13 $103,600
Suki Burks Developer London 53 2009/10/22 $114,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick Regional Director London 19 2010/03/17 $385,750
Thor Walton Developer New York 61 2013/08/11 $98,540
Tiger Nixon System Architect Edinburgh 61 2011/04/25 $320,800
Timothy Mooney Office Manager London 37 2008/12/11 $136,200
Unity Butler Marketing Designer San Francisco 47 2009/12/09 $85,675
Vivian Harrell Financial Controller San Francisco 62 2009/02/14 $452,500
Yuri Berry Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) New York 40 2009/06/25 $675,000
Zenaida Frank Software Engineer New York 63 2010/01/04 $125,250
Zorita Serrano Software Engineer San Francisco 56 2012/06/01 $115,000
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
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Scroll - horizontal and vertical
In this example you can see DataTables doing both horizontal and vertical scrolling at the same time. Note also that pagination is enabled in this example, and the scrolling accounts for this.
Language - Comma decimal place
A dot (.) is used to mark the decimal place in Javascript, however, many parts of the world use a comma (,) and other characters such as the Unicode decimal separator (⎖) or a dash (-) are often used to show the decimal place in a displayed number.
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162.700,00
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) London 47 2009/10/09 $1.200.000,00
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86.000,00
Bradley Greer Software Engineer London 41 2012/10/13 $132.000,00
Brenden Wagner Software Engineer San Francisco 28 2011/06/07 $206.850,00
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372.000,00
Bruno Nash Software Engineer London 38 2011/05/03 $163.500,00
Caesar Vance Pre-Sales Support New York 21 2011/12/12 $106.450,00
Cara Stevens Sales Assistant New York 46 2011/12/06 $145.600,00
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433.060,00
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
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