jqGrid, how to populate select list from query

Question

I got a basic jqGrid working in my coldfusion project. One of my fields in jqGrid is a combo box. Currently the editoption values are hard coded just like below.

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Answer 1

Lets say that in your ColModel you have a column like this:

{name:'id_UDM', index:'id_UDM', width:150, editable:true, edittype:"select", editoptions:{dataUrl:'filename.php'}}

You must first declare that its a select element with this:

edittype:"select"

Then, in the editoptions parameter add a dataUrl like this:

editoptions:{dataUrl:'filename.php'}

The filename.php must return a "select" element with it's options, here's an example:

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    while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result1)) {
         $response .= ''.$row['name'].'';
    }
    $response .= '';

    echo $response;

 mysql_close($db);  
?>

Hope this helps.