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HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.3/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.9/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.9/js/dataTables.jqueryui.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.9/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<form id="requestForm" method="POST">
    <div id='test'>Inspector Status</div>
    <button type="button" id="search" value="Search" title="Search" onclick="searchInspectionListSubmit()">Search</button>
    <table id="listing" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%"></table>
</form>

CSS

/*displaytag.css */
 body {
    background-color: #FBEAF9;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-top: 0;
    font-family: Verdana;
    font-size: 10px;
    color: #000000;
}
h1 {
    font-family: Avert-bold;
    font-size: 16px;
    color: #000000;
}
a, a:visited, a:hover {
    color:#000000;
    font-family: Verdana, Geneva;
    font-size: 1.3em;
    text-decoration:underline
}
a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color:#000000;
}
img {
    border:none;
}
table {
    border: 0;
    width: 100%;
    border-collapse: collapse;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}
th, td {
    text-align: left;
    vertical-align: top;
    font-family: Verdana, Geneva;
    font-size: 10;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
}
input, select, td, textarea {
    font-family:Verdana, Geneva;
    font-size:10px;
}
input {
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: #D9D0A9;
    border-bottom-width: 1px;
    border-top-width: 1px;
    border-left-width: 1px;
    border-right-width: 1px;
}
input.fieldDisplayTagReadonly {
    border: 0;
    background-color: #F1E7B2;
}
input.fieldReadonly {
    border: 0;
    background-color: #F6F1D3;
}
input.fieldReadonlyWhiteBackground {
    border: 0;
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
.radioStyle {
    font-family:Verdana, Geneva;
    font-size:10px;
    border: 0;
}
div.exportlinks {
    background-color: #D9D0A9;
    display: table-cell;
    vertical-align: middle;
    line-height:20px;
    padding-left: 10px;
}
div.exportlinks h2 {
    font-family: Verdana, Geneva;
    font-size: 10;
}
table.displayTabTable {
    /*background-color: #FBEAF9;*/
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
    border-collapse:collapse;
    text-align:left;
    width:100%;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}
table.displayTabTable th {
    font-family:Verdana, Geneva;
    font-size: 10px;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    background-color: #7222A8;
    vertical-align: middle;
    height: 20px;
    padding-left: 10px;
}
table.displayTabTable td {
    font-family:Verdana, Geneva;
    font-size: 10px;
}
table.displayTabTable...

JavaScript

function searchInspectionListSubmit() {
    $('#listing thead').empty();
    var content = "";
    content += "<table id=\"listing\" class=\"display\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">";
    content += "<thead>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<th>Status</th>";
    content += "<th>Inspector</th>";
    content += "</tr>";
    content += "</thead>";
    content += "<tfoot>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<th>Status</th>";
    content += "<th>Inspector</th>";
    content += "</tr>";
    content += "</tfoot>";
    content += "<tbody>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<td>" + "Outstanding" + "</td>";
    content += "<td>" + "John" + "</td>";
    content += "</tr>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<td>" + "Outstanding" + "</td>";
    content += "<td>" + "Larry" + "</td>";
    content += "</tr>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<td>" + "Outstanding" + "</td>";
    content += "<td>" + "Amy" + "</td>";
    content += "</tr>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<td>" + "Outstanding" + "</td>";
    content += "<td>" + "Stacy" + "</td>";
    content += "</tr>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<td>" + "Outstanding" + "</td>";
    content += "<td>" + "Louis" + "</td>";
    content += "</tr>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<td>" + "Outstanding" + "</td>";
    content += "<td>" + "Karl" + "</td>";
    content += "</tr>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<td>" + "Outstanding" + "</td>";
    content += "<td>" + "Manson" + "</td>";
    content += "</tr>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<td>" + "Outstanding" + "</td>";
    content += "<td>" + "Lee" + "</td>";
    content += "</tr>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<td>" + "Outstanding" + "</td>";
    content += "<td>" + "Susie" + "</td>";
    content += "</tr>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<td>" + "Outstanding" + "</td>";
    content += "<td>" + "Zairul" + "</td>";
    content += "</tr>";
    content += "<tr>";
    content += "<td>" +...