Take a look at what happens in my fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/tbH5H/
I\'m trying to achieve proper progressive enhancement using jgrid. Everything works great,
Got it!
I needed to use localReader. See new fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/2UCk6/
localReader
localReader: { // These values would be inserted on first page load from server-side script page: function(obj) { return 1; }, total: function(obj) { return 5; }, records: function(obj) { return 50; } },