To make datatables jquery plugin work with colspan and rowspan, We can use following trick:
<table id="example" class="display nowrap" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Age</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Position</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Age</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Tiger Nixon</td>
<td>System Architect</td>
<td>Edinburgh</td>
<td>61</td>
<td>2011/04/25</td>
<td>$320,800</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Garrett Winters</td>
<td>Accountant</td>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td colspan="3">63</td>
<td style="display:none"></td>
<td style="display:none"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
So we need to add same number of hidden td for datatables plugin to work.
Same approach can also be used for rowspan.
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