jQuery Grid Plugin - jqGrid

Hello,

So I am having a problem and I think it might be a bug but am not entirely sure.  So I have a grid and a select box external to the grid.  The select box contains a list of "gird options," and when you select an option and click a button, I reload the grid with new information (the col model and everything is the same, just displays different types of lists, like someone can choose a "terminated users" list or a "pending action" list, etc).  When I select a list that returns no data, and then select a list that does return data, the reload does not work.  It works fine at all other points.

The reload function is fired property, but in the populateVisibility fnxn (called within the reload trigger) it returns before sending the request because grid is null (or something like that). 

Please help!

ps. I also posted this in the bug section.

Clea