How to update value of data in jqgrid

Question

I\'m trying to update a cell in jqgrid permanently upon loading. I know I can use setCell but that only updates the value for that page. If I come back to the

Answer 1

For all who came here from google, here is an updated answer!

important is the index, which you can get by calling getInd-Method. Because rowID != index of localRowData. (eq. rowId: jqg204, Index: 5)

EDIT: if set "key : true" in colmodel you can set your own rowId (diffrent from my example "jqg###", usually a PK from a database table)

var ind = myGrid.getInd(rowId);
var localRowData  = myGrid.jqGrid('getLocalRow', ind);
localRowData.myColumn = newValue;

hope that helps!