jqGrid with JSON data renders table as empty

Question

I'm trying to create a jqgrid, but the table is empty. The table renders, but the data doesn't show.

The data I'm getting back from the php call is:

{
"page":"1",
"total":1,
"records":"10",
"rows":[
{"id":"2:1","cell":["1","image","Chief Scout","Highest Award test","0"]},
{"id":"2:2","cell":["2","image","Link Badge","When you are invested as a Scout, you may be eligible to receive a Link Badge. (See page 45)","0"]},
{"id":"2:3","cell":["3","image","Pioneer Scout","Upon completion of requirements, the youth is invested as a Pioneer Scout","0"]},
{"id":"2:4","cell":["4","image","Voyageur Scout Award","Voyageur Scout Award is the right after Pioneer Scout.","0"]},
{"id":"2:5","cell":["5","image","Voyageur Citizenship","Learning about and caring for your community.","0"]},
{"id":"2:6","cell":["6","image","Fish and Wildlife","Demonstrate your knowledge and involvement in fish and wildlife management.","0"]},
{"id":"2:7","cell":["7","image","Photography","To recognize photography knowledge and skills","0"]},
{"id":"2:8","cell":["8","image","Recycling","Demonstrate your knowledge and involvement in Recycling","0"]},
{"id":"2:10","cell":["10","image","Voyageur Leadership ","Show leadership ability","0"]},
{"id":"2:11","cell":["11","image","World Conservation","World Conservation Badge","0"]}
]}

The javascript configuration looks like so:

$("#"+tableId).jqGrid ({
    url:'getAwards.php?id='+classId,
    dataType : 'json',
    mtype:'POST',
    colNames:['Id','Badge','Name','Description',''],
    colModel : [
        {name:'awardId', width:30, sortable:true, align:'center'},
        {name:'badge', width:40, sortable:false, align:'center'},
        {name:'name', width:180, sortable:true, align:'left'},
        {name:'description', width:380, sortable:true, align:'left'},
        {name:'selected', width:0, sortable:false, align:'center'}
        ],
    sortname: "awardId",
    sortorder: "asc",
    pager: $('#'+tableId+'_pager'),
    rowNum:15,
    rowList:[15,30,50],
    caption: 'Awards',
    viewrecords:true,
    imgpath: 'scripts/jqGrid/themes/green/images',
    jsonReader : { 
        root: "rows", 
        page: "page", 
        total: "total", 
        records: "records", 
        repeatitems: true, 
        cell: "cell", 
        id: "id",
        userdata: "userdata", 
        subgrid: {root:"rows", repeatitems: true, cell:"cell" } 
    },
    width: 700,
    height: 200
});

The HTML looks like:

<table class="awardsList" id="awardsList2" class="scroll" name="awardsList" />
<div id="awardsList2_pager" class="scroll"></div>

I'm not sure that I needed to define jsonReader, since I've tried to keep to the default. If the php code will help, I can post it too.

Answer 1

Guys just want to help you in this. I got following worked:

JSON

var mydata1 = { "page": "1", "total": 1, "records": "4","rows": [{ "id": 1, "cell": ["1", "cell11", "values1" ] },
    { "id": 2, "cell": ["2", "cell21", "values1"] },
    { "id": 3, "cell": ["3", "cell21", "values1"] },
    { "id": 4, "cell": ["4", "cell21", "values1"] }
]};

//Mark below important line. datatype "jsonstring" worked for me instead of "json".

datatype: "jsonstring",

contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",

datastr: mydata1,

colNames: ['Id1', 'Name1', 'Values1'],

colModel: [
      { name: 'id1', index: 'id1', width: 55 },
      { name: 'name1', index: 'name1', width: 80, align: 'right', sorttype: 'string' },
      { name: 'values1', index: 'values1', width: 80, align: 'right', sorttype: 'string'}],

Regards,

Answer 2

This might be a older post but I will post my success just to help others.

Your JSON needs to be in this format:

{
"rows": [
    {
        "id": 1,
        "cell": [
            1,
           "lname",
            "fname",
            "mi",
            phone,
            "cell1",
            "cell2",
            "address",
            "email"
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": 2,
        "cell": [
            2,
            "lname",
            "fname",
            "mi",
            phone,
            "cell1",
            "cell2",
            "address",
            "email"
        ]
    }
]

}

and I wrote this model in Zend so you can use it if you feel like it. Manipulate it how you want.

public function fetchall ($sid, $sord)
{
    $select = $this->getDbTable()->select(Zend_Db_Table::SELECT_WITH_FROM_PART);
    $select->setIntegrityCheck(false)
           ->join('Subdiv', 'Subdiv.SID = Contacts.SID', array("RepLastName" => "LastName", 
                                                                "Subdivision" => "Subdivision",
                                                                "RepFirstName" => "FirstName"))
           ->order($sid . " ". $sord);

    $resultset = $this->getDbTable()->fetchAll($select);
    $i=0;
    foreach ($resultset as $row) {
        $entry  = new Application_Model_Contacts();

        $entry->setId($row->id);
        $entry->setLastName($row->LastName);
        $entry->setFirstName1($row->FirstName1);
        $entry->setFirstName2($row->FirstName2);
        $entry->setHomePhone($row->HomePhone);
        $entry->setCell1($row->Cell1);
        $entry->setCell2($row->Cell2);
        $entry->setAddress($row->Address);
        $entry->setSubdivision($row->Subdivision);
        $entry->setRepName($row->RepFirstName . " " . $row->RepLastName);
        $entry->setEmail1($row->Email1); 
        $entry->setEmail2($row->Email2);

        $response['rows'][$i]['id'] = $entry->getId(); //id
        $response['rows'][$i]['cell'] = array (
                                                $entry->getId(),
                                                $entry->getLastName(),
                                                $entry->getFirstName1(),
                                                $entry->getFirstName2(),
                                                $entry->getHomePhone(),
                                                $entry->getCell1(),
                                                $entry->getCell2(),
                                                $entry->getAddress(),
                                                $entry->getSubdivision(),
                                                $entry->getRepName(),
                                                $entry->getEmail1(),
                                                $entry->getEmail2()
                                            );
        $i++;

    }
    return $response;
}

Answer 3

I experienced the same problem when migrating from jqGrid 3.6 to jqGrid 3.7.2. The problem was my JSON was not properly double-quoted (as required by JSON spec). jqGrid 3.6 tolerated my invalid JSON but jqGrid 3.7 is stricter.

Refer here: http://simonwillison.net/2006/Oct/11/json/

Invalid:

{
page:"1",
total:1,
records:"10",
rows:[
    {"id":"2:1","cell":["1","image","Chief Scout","Highest Award test","0"]},
    {"id":"2:2","cell":["2","image","Link Badge","When you are invested as a Scout, you may be eligible to receive a Link Badge. (See page 45)","0"]},
    {"id":"2:3","cell":["3","image","Pioneer Scout","Upon completion of requirements, the youth is invested as a Pioneer Scout","0"]}
]}

Valid:

{
"page":"1",
"total":1,
"records":"10",
"rows":[
    {"id":"2:1","cell":["1","image","Chief Scout","Highest Award test","0"]},
    {"id":"2:2","cell":["2","image","Link Badge","When you are invested as a Scout, you may be eligible to receive a Link Badge. (See page 45)","0"]},
    {"id":"2:3","cell":["3","image","Pioneer Scout","Upon completion of requirements, the youth is invested as a Pioneer Scout","0"]}
]}