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Thanks Todd, but this doesn't work any differently. It's a different implementation but I'm getting the same result.

I actually use Local XML in my non-WordPress projects when retrieving datasource information. But as I began to learn how to develop within the WordPress environment I had problems figuring out how to replicate the same tasks. Eventually, I found information on how to use the WP database and was led to the jQuery implementation that you noticed in the code (very little info exists online on using YUI within WP). Since then, I've created a number of datatables using jQuery to retrieve and load data within WP with no problems. This has been solely used for building admin tools and not attempted on the front-end until now. Also, I had never had to pass HTML from the database to a datatable either. So the jQuery ajax call works, including in this example. But I can't say that it's responsible for strip the HTML tags since it's happening with your implementation as well. I actually think YUI is responsible for that.

The two records and one column output you're getting is accurate. It's all part of the HTML and design of the page being created. Essentially, the information will mimic a blog in style. I'm using a datatable to display the preview for different press articles and the paginator will help scroll through the list. The one issue holding this up from completion is the disappearing HTML tags.

A couple of questions that may help us find a solution:

1. Can you insert HTML into a datatable table cell?
2. Can you insert HTML into a datatable strictly from a datasource?
3. Are there examples of a datatable being used in this manner?

The obvious answer to #1 is "yes" as I'm able to insert it through innerHTML. But I can't figure out #2 because the content being passed through XML is being stripped of HTML tags in the datasource before it reaches the datatable. But when and where?

So after stepping away from this problem for a couple days I have found a solution. Part of the process of creating the datatable is generating the XML that feeds the datasource. Essentially, a function queries the WP database and creates the resulting XML. Well, within this function I wondered what would happen if I used the htmlentities function to convert HTML tags into HTML entities (i.e. "<p>" becomes "&lt;p&gt;"). Guess what ... it worked! Now within the XML you will notice that all HTML tags were converted and they remained untouched when the datatable is rendered. That wasn't the case before. The problem may still have resided somewhere within my code and not YUI, like I presumed, but now that my problem is solved that's all that matters.

I understand your stance that YUI doesn't strip HTML because it has worked for you. My experience, at least with this problem, was different. But at least I have found a workaround. When this page goes to the live server for testing I'll post the link so you can see what I've been looking at. Perhaps you can spot something that I've been doing wrong with my implementation and I can avoid using this workaround in the future. Either way, I've very grateful for your help.