How to re-create jQuery data-table on ajax response? <p>I am creating a jQuery data-table based on some search criteria using ajax call &amp; response. I am able to create the table. But when I try to search again, I am getting the below error.</p> <blockquote> <p>DataTables warning: table id=sendBulkEmailTable - Cannot reinitialise DataTable. For more information about this error, please see <a href="http://datatables.net/tn/3" rel="nofollow">http://datatables.net/tn/3</a></p> </blockquote> <p>I guess I cannot re-create the data table again. Can somebody provide a solution to my problem, how can I refresh the data of my table on next search.</p> <p>jQuery ajax call I wrote is: </p> <pre><code> $("#tableId").dataTable({ "data": res.ajaxResult.data, "columns": [ { "data": "data1" }, { "data": "data2" }, { "data": "data3" }, { "data": "data4" }, { "data": "data5" } ] }); </code></pre>