jqGrid Export to CSV - Post Rather than Get

Question

I have a jqGrid that uses Post to send the request. I have a php function that when given the jqGrid search and sort settings can return a CSV file. And, I have put togeth

Answer 1

Amy, I had the same problem. I am not a programer (you will realize that by the code I will paste here :) ) but the solution I've found seems to work fine.

This a solution I had for another similar problem (not related to jqGrid).

excelExport : function(o) { 
    o = $.extend({
        exptype : "remote",
        url : null,
        oper: "oper",
        tag: "excel",
        exportOptions : {}
    }, o || {});
    return this.each(function(){
        if(!this.grid) { return;}
        if(o.exptype == "remote") {
            var pdata = $.extend({},this.p.postData);

            pdata[o.oper] = o.tag;

            var form = document.createElement("form");
            form.setAttribute("method", "post");
            form.setAttribute("action", o.url);
            form.setAttribute("target", "_blank");

            $.each( pdata, function(i, l){
                if (typeof l != 'undefined') {
                    if (typeof l == 'function') {
                        post_value = l();
                    }
                    else {
                        post_value = l;
                    }
                    var hiddenField = document.createElement("input");
                    hiddenField.setAttribute("type", "hidden");
                    hiddenField.setAttribute("name", i);
                    hiddenField.setAttribute("value", post_value);
                    form.appendChild(hiddenField);
                }
             });

            document.body.appendChild(form);    // Not entirely sure if this is necessary
            form.submit();

        }
    });
}

As you can see it creates a form and posts the data to a new page. Most people here would find a better (and more elegant) way to do this but this solution, as is, works. I need to send a lot of information to the server so a GET is not enough for me, that is why I needed to POST the data.

Hope this works for you.

JMG.