Bugfix/issue 1011 change error

README.md

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ The component accepts the following props:
 |:--:|:-----|:-----|
 |**`title`**|array|Title used to caption table
 |**`columns`**|array|Columns used to describe table. Must be either an array of simple strings or objects describing a column
-|**`data`**|array|Data used to describe table. Must be an array containing objects. (Arrays containing just strings or numbers also supported)
+|**`data`**|array|Data used to describe table. Must be either an array containing objects of key/value pairs with values that are strings or numbers, or arrays of strings or numbers (Ex: data: [{"Name": "Joe", "Job Title": "Plumber", "Age": 30}, {"Name": "Jane", "Job Title": "Electrician", "Age": 45}] or data: [["Joe", "Plumber", 30], ["Jane", "Electrician", 45]])
 |**`options`**|object|Options used to describe table
 
 #### Options:

src/MUIDataTable.js

@@ -463,14 +463,14 @@ class MUIDataTable extends React.Component {
         })
       : data.map(row => columns.map(col => leaf(row, col.name)));
 
-    // We need to determine if object data exists in the transformed structure, as this is currently not allowed
+    // We need to determine if object data exists in the transformed structure, as this is currently not allowed and will cause errors if not handled by a custom renderer
     const hasInvalidData =
       transformedData.filter(
         data => data.filter(d => typeof d === 'object' && d !== null && !Array.isArray(d)).length > 0,
       ).length > 0;
     if (hasInvalidData)
-      throw Error(
-        `Cannot accept objects for cell data. Cells need to contain strings | numbers. It\'s possible this error is the result of a missing dot in the column name field (e.g. name: "company" instead of name: "company.id")`,
+      console.error(
+        'Deprecated: Passing objects in as data is not supported, and will be prevented in a future release. Consider using ids in your data and linking it to external objects if you want to access object data from custom render functions.',
       );
 
     return transformedData;