Works like a champ!  Not sure how I missed GridUnload method.  I tried remove and empty but GridUnload was what I needed.

Jerry

If you want to do that you can  use GridUnload method  on constructed grid and then applay again import

Regards

Tony

Thanks for the suggestion but it didn't work.  The Grid reloads but the configuration is not changed.

Jerry

$(”#mytable”).trigger(”reloadGrid”);

or in your case:

function burial() {
 $(”#list”).jqGridImport({impurl:”testxml.xml”, imptype: “xml”}).trigger("reloadGrid");
 alert( $(”#list”).jqGridExport({exptype: “xmlstring”}) );
}//end burial

would help.

Cheers, jean

Is the expected behavior of jqGridImport?  I thought that I could use jqGridImport to change the Grid definition.  It now appears that I can only use it for the intiial loading.  Is this correct?

2. jqGridVersion - 3.4.1

3. OS - Windows XP SP3

4. browser - Firefox 3.0.6

5. Problem - I can't get jqGridImport to work.  I tested with both testxml.xml as well as my own .xml file.  Firebug shows the .xml file coming back from the request but the Grid configuration does not change.

What am I doing wrong?

6. Code and data if possible -

<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function (){ 
 jQuery("#list").jqGrid({
    url:'cem_db_if.php',
    colNames: ['Cemetery','County', 'First mame', 'Middle name', 'Other name(s)',
    'Surname/family','Birth date','Death date'],
    colModel :[
      {name:'cem_name', index:'cem_name', width:200, align:'center'},
      {name:'cem_county_name', index:'cem_county_name', width:100, align:'center'},
      {name:'bur_fname', index:'bur_fname', width:100, align:'center' },
      {name:'bur_mname', index:'bur_mname', width:100, align:'center' },
      {name:'bur_maiden', index:'bur_maiden', width:100, align:'center' },
      {name:'bur_sname', index:'bur_sname', width:100, align:'center'},
      {name:'bur_birthdate', index:'bur_birthdate', width:100, align:'center'},
      {name:'bur_deathdate', index:'bur_deathdate', width:100, align:'center'} ],
    height:'auto',
 pager: '#pager',
    rowNum:10,
    rowList:[10,20,30],
    sortname: 'bur_sname',
    mtype: 'POST',
 postData:{table_name:"DT_Burial"},   
 viewrecords: true,
    imgpath: 'themes/basic/images',
    caption: 'TNGenWeb Cemetery Database - Burials'
  }); //end grid
});//end ready

function burial() {
 $("#list").jqGridImport({impurl:"testxml.xml", imptype: "xml"});
 alert( $("#list").jqGridExport({exptype: "xmlstring"}) );
}//end burial

function cemetery() {
 $("#list").jqGridImport({impurl:"cemetery.xml", imptype: "xml"});
 alert( $("#list").jqGridExport({exptype: "xmlstring"}) );
}//end cemetery
</script>

...

<a href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="burial()">Test XML</a><br />
<a href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="cemetery()">Cemetery Table</a>

Thanks, Jerry