Title: Data Table Unknown Parameter Error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Data Table Unknown Parameter Error

 *  Resolved [funklord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funklord/)
 * (@funklord)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-table-unknown-parameter-error/)
 * I am sure this is an easy question, I just do not have the computer savy to wade
   through the datatables.com website. Is this a quick fix?
 * DataTables warning: table id=tablepress-1 – Requested unknown parameter ‘5’ for
   row 1.
 * Thank you so much for any help. The website is [http://www.fascinatingnouns.com](http://www.fascinatingnouns.com)
 * PS I am a donator to your plugin 🙂
 * Dan
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/)

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 *  Thread Starter [funklord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funklord/)
 * (@funklord)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-table-unknown-parameter-error/#post-5625810)
 * I am also getting long synopsis links (ep 36 is an example) instead of the code
   doing what it is supposed to. Is this related?
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-table-unknown-parameter-error/#post-5626051)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
    Also sorry for the late answer.
   I was on vacation and didn’t have a chance to reply earlier.
 * Mainly, the reason for this is some broken HTML code in the fourth column of 
   table 1. The HTML code for the images is not finished properly (it has to look
   like
 *     ```
       <img src="..." />
       ```
   
 * which breaks the HTML for the table.
    You will need to fix that for all rows.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [funklord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funklord/)
 * (@funklord)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-table-unknown-parameter-error/#post-5626061)
 * Hey Tobias,
 * Thank you for the response. I am not sure that is it. I tried closing it like
   you said, and it screwed everything us. I am no programmer, so I can’t be 100%
   sure I did it correctly.
 * Nonetheless, it APPEARS perfectly. There is no problem with the way it looks.
   I am just getting that error when I load up the table to edit it.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-table-unknown-parameter-error/#post-5626065)
 * Hi,
 * while the table might look correct, it isn’t. Table 1 has 6 columns on the “Edit”
   screen, but only 5 on the page. That is the result of that invalid HTML for the
   images in column 4.
    To verify this assumption, you could temporarily hide the
   column with the images (by clicking the checkbox below it) and then using the“
   Selected columns: Hide” button. After that, the error message should not disappear.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [funklord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funklord/)
 * (@funklord)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-table-unknown-parameter-error/#post-5626069)
 * Thank you,
 * I did what you suggested, and what happened was column 4 disappeared, and columns
   3 and 5 smashed together. Now originally when I started using Tablepress, this
   was a major problem, so I added an empty Column (4) and put a title on it. For
   some unknown reason, when viewed on the website, this allowed the content under
   column 5 to be seen under column 4.
 *  Thread Starter [funklord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funklord/)
 * (@funklord)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-table-unknown-parameter-error/#post-5626070)
 * Here is some more info for trouble shooting: Column 4 does not have any images
   in it. Only column 3 and 5 do. When I hid column 3, the warning went away. What
   can I do to make it go away but still keep the column?
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-table-unknown-parameter-error/#post-5626075)
 * Hi,
 * ok, that then means that the erroneous HTML code is in column 3 and not column
   4 (my bad).
 * I suggest that you check all HTML in that column for validity, i.e. that the 
   HTML tags are closed properly.
 * That weirdness with a column appearing under the wrong column title is all related
   to this, as the incorrect HTML throws off the rendering process in the browser.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [funklord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funklord/)
 * (@funklord)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-table-unknown-parameter-error/#post-5626082)
 * Thank you so much for this reply.
 * Let me say this as well: columns 5 & 6 do the same thing with regard to the content
   being shifted from the header. Is this a ripple effect from column 3?
 * I should also mention that I am not a coder, and I don’t really have any idea
   what you are talking about when you talk about tags being closed properly. This
   Data error just starting coming up in the last few weeks, so I have no idea how
   to check that. I compared the script to my original script, and they are exactly
   the same.
 * This is what the script looks like. Does the problem jump out at you?
 * <img class=”size-full wp-image-312 alignnone” dir=”ltr” title=”…” onmouseover
   =”this.src=’[http://fascinatingnouns.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/description_i2hover.png'&#8221](http://fascinatingnouns.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/description_i2hover.png&apos;&#8221);
   onmouseout=”this.src=’[http://fascinatingnouns.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/description_i-2.png'&#8221](http://fascinatingnouns.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/description_i-2.png&apos;&#8221);
   alt=”description_i 2″ src=”[http://fascinatingnouns.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/description_i-2.png&#8221](http://fascinatingnouns.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/description_i-2.png&#8221);
   width=”16″ height=”15
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-table-unknown-parameter-error/#post-5626090)
 * Hi,
 * yes, this most likely is a ripple effect.
 * Where did you get that script/HTML code for the image from?
    The main problem
   is that this `<img>` tag is not “closed”, i.e. the last line above should be
 *     ```
       width="16" height="15 />
       ```
   
 * Without that extra `/>`, the browser can basically not distinguish the end of
   the code for the image from the end of the code of the table cell (which also
   ends with a `>`, as all HTML tags do).
 * So, from what I can see, you’ll simply have to append `/>` to all occurences 
   of your image script that don’t already have that at the end. Does this make 
   sense?
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [funklord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funklord/)
 * (@funklord)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-table-unknown-parameter-error/#post-5626096)
 * Thank you Tobias for all your help.
 * I did what you instructed, and there was definitely a ripple effect, but not 
   a desirable one. Now I have several new problems.
 * First of all, I am still getting the Data Table error, but the row the error 
   is in keeps switching.
 * Secondly, all of a sudden the first cell with says “Oak Island’s Masonic Connections’s”,
   the “Oak Island” now links to the page I created for Oak Island, BUT I didn’t
   code it to do that, nor is there any code in the cell! What the?!
 * Thirdly, the “Listen Here” column now only shows like 3 of the 42 players. All
   the rest of the episodes now won’t show on the webpage.
 * Take a look for yourself:
    [http://fascinatingnouns.com/episode-guide/](http://fascinatingnouns.com/episode-guide/)
 * All I did was add the /> to the end of the line, and add the close quotation 
   to the 15.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-table-unknown-parameter-error/#post-5626097)
 * Hi,
 * ok, at this stage, it might be a good idea if I could take a look at this directly
   on your site. Could you therefore please create a temporary admin account for
   me and send me the details via email (the address is in the main plugin file “
   tablepress.php”)? That way, I can investigate this directly. Thanks!
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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