Sort not working with jqGrid

Question

I\'ve been having problems getting jqGrid to sort. I\'d like to preferable do this sorting on the client, but I\'m also willing to make a new call to the database to get th

Answer 1

Found one solution, though not entirely sure why this works. Perhaps someone can provide a better answer.

var x = $("#grid").jqGrid({
    jsonReader: { root: "rows", repeatitems: false },
    datatype: "json",
    height: 'auto',
    autowidth: true,
    forceFit: true,
    colNames:['ID','Name'],
    colModel:[
        {name:'id', key:true, index:'id', width:60, sorttype:"int", jsonmap:"id"},
        {name:'name', index:'name', width:90,  jsonmap: "name"}
    ],
    caption: "Results",

    //Required for client side sorting
    loadonce: true,
    gridComplete: function(){ 
      $("#grid").setGridParam({datatype: 'local'}); 
    }