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how to put data in single line for 2 header tags html

I have below html code
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$80</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
The above data loads fine on page. 2 Headers with Month and Savings and two rows of data that i recieve from backend.
The problem occurs when i dont get any data from backend and i want to display error message on the first row. I am doing it as follows
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<td> No data to show because the request to load user info failed</td>
</table>
As you can see, i want to show error message <td> No data to show because the request to load user info failed on the first row. The problem is this data is getting wrapped up in the first column itself whereas i want this error message to spread across Month and Savings column.
Can anyone help me on how to achieve this ?

You still need to add tbody and tr, and you can use the colspan attribute on the td element to "merge" the columns. For example, colspan="2" makes a cell span two columns.
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">No data to show because the request to load user info failed</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

DataTables: TypeError: i is undefined

I have a table like the following
the table as rowspans because for some users I need to have 2 lines (Like you see at column 'D')
I am trying to use datatables:
<table class="table table-bordered table-hover table-striped" id="myTable">
(...)
</table>
And I call this at the begining of the code:
<script>
$( document ).ready(function() {
$('#myTable').DataTable();
});
</script>
But I have this error:
TypeError: i is undefined
And the table is not like a datatable type!
Maybe it doesn't work with rowspans?
Any idea??

FWIW you can also get this error if you don't have the same number of <td></td> elements in every row. Make sure you aren't adding any rows with nav buttons or links or anything like that that may not be formatted the same way as the other rows.

jQuery DataTables plug-in doesn't support ROWSPAN attribute by default. However there is a RowsGroup plugin for jQuery DataTables that groups cells together to make them look like as if ROWSPAN attribute is used.
See this example for code and demonstration.
See jQuery DataTables – ROWSPAN in table body TBODY for more details.

For future referer.
It is because you are using Rowspan or colspan which is not supportable.
If you want to use colspan you can use it outside </tbody>.
Thanks.

This problem happens if your table is not well formed, for example you should have
<table>
<thead>
<th>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
And then the id of the table should not overlap with id of any thing else on the same page. Other wise you will get errors like i is udefined or c is undefined.

I'd say your table is not a data table because you have undefined data and the 'i' referred to is the internal iterator of the DataTable loop, the use of rowspans is the problem - I would redesign your table to have an entire row for each piece of data (in your example 250 would require an entire row with duplicate values for all other columns except D) - it is wholly possible to use css to hide values that are duplicated for the same visual effect, this would allow datatable filtering to still work on those rows (although you may need some hooks to reveal hidden data when these 'extra' rows are filtered).

I was facing the same issue. The main reason for the error is due to using the colspan & rowspan. Because the jQuery DataTables plug-in does not support them and hence causing the error.
TypeError: i is undefined
So, If you are using any colspan or rowspan within any <tr></tr> inside the <tbody></tbody> then make sure that each <tr></tr> having the same no of <td></td> for each row. If not, then repeat the <td style='display:none'></td> to match the same no e.g
<table border='1' cellspacing='2'>
<thead>
<tr>
<td>A</td>
<td>B</td>
<td>C</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2">1</td>
<td rowspan="2">name</td>
<td>200</td>
<td style='display:none'></td>
<td style='display:none'></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >300</td>
<td style='display:none'></td>
<td style='display:none'></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
I think by following the above suggestion will help you sure.

Add a new row at the top of the table

I have created the table and I have one row with heading version app num and for that column I have given the some link to download that version app. But if anyone has uploaded a new version of the app on the server, in the HTML page that link has to come in the first row and the older version should be in the second row.
How to implement this? Do we need to implement anything in HTML, or do they need to change something server side. I have not been given any limit for the number of rows in the table.
My code is below:
<table border = "2" align= "center" cellpadding = "10">
<tr>
<th> Date </th>
<th> Build No </th>
<th colspan="2">Production </th>
<th colspan="2">Staging </th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>date</td>
<td>1.5</td>
<td>Prod With Simulator</td>
<td>Prod WithOut Simulator</td>
<td>Stag With Simulator</td>
<td>Stag WithOut Simulator</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>date</td>
<td>1.5</td>
<td>Download here</td>
<td>Download here</td>
<td>Download here</td>
<td>Download here</td>
</tr>
</table>

we cant connect html to database .. in jsp we can connect so u write your html in jsp and connect the database... roseindia.com(see the database connection)

you should use database... if anyone upload new version it should store in database from your database you should iterate and display the tables dynamically

Table sorting from multiple tables

i'm using jquery and the jquery plugin "tablesorter" (http://tablesorter.com/docs/) to sort a table.
now I have the difficult, that I have following html (an other way is impossible):
<table class="tablesorter">
<tr>
<th>ID</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Bob</td>
<td>24</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>James</td>
<td>33</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td>PJ</td>
<td>28</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Sue</td>
<td>39</td>
</tr>
</table>
In every table is one line. Now I want to sort this many tables as it is one table.
Is there any solution for this problem?
I've found an attempt here: http://jsfiddle.net/Mottie/8cg4f/31/
But there are ony two tables and the script only sort the data from one table.

Target the tables you want to pillage, drill down to the <tr>s, move them to where they need to be, climb back up to the (now empty) <table>s, throw them away. jsFiddle
$('table:not(.tablesorter)').find('tr').appendTo('.tablesorter')
.end().end().remove();
EDIT: as per comment I have simulated "spacing between <tr>s" by using padding on the <td>s jsFiddle.
If you have other requirements for the final page, just let me know what you'd like to end up with and I can help create a solution that will yield valid html which displays consistently for all your users.

Try something like this:
var $table = $(".tablesorter");
$table.nextAll("table").children().appendTo($table).end().remove();
$table.tablesorter();

CSV to html table - client side

I have a table that I want to append variable data to. I currently have the data in CSV format, and call the csv to HTML using PHP. The PHP call $line_of_text[10] allows me to access whatever data I want. However I need to do it client side not server side.
I have been looking into Javascript arrays, and these may or may not be the best idea. If there is code to parse the data, I would also need the actual code to call it from the HTML page, and put it into the table.
My table is like this: ( see JS Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/72jQR/2/)
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1">
<tr>
<td>Code</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Description</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Size</td>
</tr>
</table>
And After the information from the csv or array or whatever - it looks like this:
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1">
<tr>
<td>Code</td>
<td>From DATA 12345</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Description</td>
<td>From DATA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Size</td>
<td>500</td>
</tr>
</table>
What is the best way to do this client side?

This jQuery plugin should do it for you client-side: http://code.google.com/p/js-tables/
In particular see this page with an example: http://code.google.com/p/js-tables/wiki/Table

There is a CSV to HTML online service at:
http://okfnlabs.org/blog/2013/12/05/view-csv-with-data-pipes.html
There is also a very simple, lightweight javascript library here you could use: https://github.com/okfn/csv.js (very few dependencies)