Sorry for all the post :))) but am working through this now so my progress is currently fluid New discovery (reference example in my post above): grid.addJSONData(rr); //Adds data but local sort and paging NOT WORK $(“#Grid”).jqGrid(“addRowData”, “Id”, rr.rows); //adds data and local sort and paging WORKS! Why?? And i guess i can use addRowData instead of addJSONData as long as performance is similar on large data sets?

And I guess the question really is why after the grid is displaying my data and the grid is datatype:local, why doesn't local paging and sorting just work? Why would attempting to page or sort make the data disappear from the grid?