DataTables warning: JSON data from server could not be parsed.

Greetings,

I have signed up for the 15 day editor evaluation today. I wanted to try the Generator so I created a 3 column table from http://editor.datatables.net/generator/ and then downloaded and unpacked the DataTablesEditor.zip file.

My table name is "criteria". I then edited the php/lib/config.php for my MySQL settings (I am hosting on 1&1).

When I go to the criteria.html page, I get this error message as soon as the page finishes loading:

DataTables warning (table id = 'criteria'): DataTables warning: JSON data from server could not be parsed. This is caused by a JSON formatting error.

I inserted a row into the table by hand and still get the same error message. How can I troubleshoot this problem?


Thanks,
-John