Error: jQuery.dataTables.min.js style is null or not an object

Error: jQuery.dataTables.min.js style is null or not an object

Hello again experts,


Our app went LIVE today and suddenly, users were getting the follow error:

jQuery.dataTables.min.js: Style is null or not an object


It turns out that several users are still using IE8.

Everything works fine in IE9, 10, 11.

Here are the js/css files.

  1.   <link type='text/css' rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" />
      <link href="css/boxformats.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
      <script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
      <script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
      <script type="text/javascript" src="js/phpwebservices.js"></script>
      <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
      <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="js/dataTables.jPaginator.js"></script>

Any ideas what I need to do here?

I suggested that they upgrade to at least IE9 but our manager is insisting on findind a solution.

I am stuck.

Thanks as always for your assistance.