In the version of jqGrid I am using (3.2rc) line 562 in grid.base.js relates to datatype = jsonstring. If I understand the documentation correctly, this normally refers to
yes i tried it without frames and got same error – i am using a mysql server on my localhost, so i know it is accessible – i can login easily via the command line.
Is it possible that this is a permission issue? That is, when you access the database from the command line you are accessing it as you, but when coming from your webserver, it is as some other “user”?