 <p>I had the same problem in a different way.After I updated the row in the 3. page, the table used to go back to 1. page automatically.. The forth parameter of the fnUpdate takes true/false to update the table and default value is true. I changed it as false then it has started working. Not exactly the same situation you experienced but might help to solve your problem. Have a look at the parameters of the functions that you used in your code.Regards. Ozlem.</p> <pre><code>$('#rulesTable').dataTable().fnUpdate(suburb_name, rowNo, 3, false ); </code></pre>