Cannot reinitialise JQuery DataTable

I know this is an OLD question. But this is for anyone else having similar issue.

You should destroy the old dataTable assignment. Before creating the new datatable use the following code

$("#dataTable").dataTable().fnDestroy();

Try adding "bDestroy": true to the options object literal, e.g.

$('#dataTable').dataTable({
    "bServerSide": true,
    ....
    "bDestroy": true
});