Hi Tony, I was able to implement my requirement by using 'GridUnload' for destroying the previous sorting cirteria and order. But I have run into another problem. It seems, at least to me, that jqgrid always gives precedence to the left most column while sorting with multiSort : true.

I mean even if I am executing the following command –

jQuery(“#grid”).jqGrid('sortGrid', “Field1″, true, “asc”).jqGrid('sortGrid', “Field2″, true, “asc”);

where I would expect the outcome to be a grid sorted on “Field1” first and then on “Field2”, the outcome is this only when “Field1” is on the left of “Field2”. Whenever the “Field1” is on the right of “Field2” the actual outcome will be a grid sorted on “Field2” first and then on “Field1”.

Kindly tell me, whether my observation is a mistake from my end or is it actually

Hi Tony, thanks for such a quick reply!

This is how I have am doing it on my jsp –

When the user wants to sort the grid on multiple columns, she has to press a sort button provided on the screen. This will take her to a pop up window where all the columns of the grid by the name are shown.