Ignited Datatables for Codeigniter returns invalid SQL query when used with mysql's date_format function - codeigniter

Question

When i use date_format, it returns invalid sql query
$this->load->library('Datatables');
$this->datatables->from('events');
$this->datatables-select('id,event_name,event_location,DATE_FORMAT(event_start_date,"%b %d %Y, %h:%i %p") as evs,event_type_id,event_status'); echo
$this->datatables->generate();
It returns
SELECT `id`, `event_name`, `event_location`, DATE_FORMAT(event_start_date, `"%b` %d %Y, `%h:%i` %p") as evs, `event_type_id`, `event_status` FROM (`events`) ORDER BY `event_name` asc LIMIT 10

Answer 1

$this->datatables-select('id,event_name,event_location,DATE_FORMAT(event_start_date,"%b %d %Y, %h:%i %p") as evs,event_type_id,event_status',FALSE);
Looking ate the github Library, he added a second parameter
The second parameter are optional whether to add backticks or not. Set it to false so that backticks ` are disabled.

Answer 2

There is another problem in this,
var oTable = $('#dTableEvents').dataTable({
"bProcessing": true,
"bServerSide": true,
"sAjaxSource": "/" + PROJECT_NAME + "events/get_all_events",
"bJQueryUI": true,
"sPaginationType": "full_numbers",
"iDisplayStart ": 20,
"bAutoWidth": false,
"oLanguage": {
"sProcessing": "<img src='/" + PROJECT_NAME + "public/images/ajax-loader.gif'>",
"sLengthMenu": "Show _MENU_ Entries per Page",
"sInfo": "Showing _START_ to _END_ of _TOTAL_ Entries per Page",
"sInfoEmpty": "Showing 0 to 0 of 0 Entries per Page",
"sInfoFiltered": "(filterred from _MAX_ total Entries per Page)"
},
"aoColumns": [
{
"mDataProp": "name",
"bSearchable": true,
"bSortable": true,
},
{
"mDataProp": "start_date",
"bSearchable": true,
"bSortable": true,
},
{
"mDataProp": "location",
"bSearchable": true,
"bSortable": true,
},
{
"mDataProp": "type",
"bSearchable": true,
"bSortable": true,
},
{
"fnRender": function (oObj) {
return '<img alt="" src="/' + PROJECT_NAME + 'public/images/seven-rating.png">';
},
"mDataProp": "status",
"bSearchable": false,
"bSortable": true,
},
{
"fnRender": function (oObj) {
return '<input type="button" value="Edit" class="edit-btn" onclick="location=\'/'+PROJECT_NAME+'events/edit/' + oObj.aData['id'] + '\'"> <input type="button" value="View" class="edit-btn" onclick="location=\'/'+PROJECT_NAME+'events/view/' + oObj.aData['id'] + '\'">';
},
"mDataProp": "__action",
"bSearchable": false,
"bSortable": false,
}
],
"fnInitComplete": function () {
//oTable.fnAdjustColumnSizing();
},
'fnServerData': function (sSource, aoData, fnCallback) {
$.ajax({
'dataType': 'json',
'type': 'POST',
'url': sSource,
'data': aoData,
'success': fnCallback
});
},
"fnDrawCallback": function()
{
$('#dTableEvents tbody td:not(:nth-last-child(-n+1))').addClass('cont-grid bdr-rt-white');
$('#dTableEvents tbody td:nth-last-child(-n+1)').addClass('cont-grid');
}
});
When i use aoColumns in this, then searching and sorting gets disabled, when i remove aaColumns, then it again starts working.