The way I was going about my table is that it would be populated within the html file ( php, really) in the initial load.

So, my first question is whether or not I can setup jqGrid to work in that manner, rather than to search for data at the server for the initial population?

Secondly, I need to apply filters, which parameters are OUTSIDE of the table contents. Meaning that I need to pass parameters to php/server and get new data to populate the table. This new data will always be a sub set of the initial load, of course.

So, the questions is how can I pass such parameters within jqGrid? Normally this would be done with a Ajax call, which works just fine, if jqGrid can take in the new data to refresh the table.

Thanks for your help