jQuery Grid Plugin - jqGrid

Solved.. ignore posting... just had to add a sorttype attribute.. duh...

Hi,

I have a grid that sorts perfect with the grid set to JSON mode. Thing is, the server calls an external API to populate the grid, so I only want to hit that external API once, and then let the client-side take over. So I used the simple grid setting loadonce: true, and then I tried the column sorting. It was all borked. 

A quick inspection showed that on initial load, the data structure for each row is {cell:[] and id: foo} but once the loadonce setting kicked in, any attempts to sort the columns revealed each row reporting a completely different structure… eg) 

1. _id_: "39604792_162″
2. current: 439
3. handle: "<a href="https://dizzbuzz.com">Fizzbuzz</a>"
4. id: 162
5. minimum: 80
6. price: "7.99″
7. sku: "FizzBuzz"

where id has morphed to _id_ and the cell array contents were flattened out to straight up attributes… so now, all the sorting is pooched… none of the columns sort properly.. 

What's the secret sauce to flipping from a one time server load, to client-side sorting with this Grid… seems like I am encountering something rather odd here… 

Any tips most appreciated…