I have a table showing 5 columns eg fullname, portion, section, lot and died_on - these are all "shown columns". The database from which the data is coming from also has a longtext field called "keyword". This field contains a lot of text.
I have a search box for the "fullname" field which works very well.
I want to put another search box in to search also by the "keyword" field, however when I include the "keyword" field in the "shown columns" the length of all the field boxes on the table is increased to accommodate all the text. So rather than me seeing say 30 records on a screen I see just one.
The question is - how am I able to use "the keyword" field but not having it shown in the table to avoid table fields being excessively long.
I have attached a screen shot of the table. The link to the page is www.sandgatecemetery.org.au/index.php/wa...world-war-1-burial-3
