So not use loadonce:true in your case. You can find here for example (direct link for dowload is here) ASP.NET MVC 2.0 code which is small enough and implement not only sorting and paging of data, but additionally filtering/sorting of data using advanced searching or/and toolbar searching.

Best regards
Oleg 

I am using jqgrid with json format. Grid has got 20,000 rows. The grid is showing up with data. I have enabled client side sorting using the following code

loadonce: true, // to enable sorting on client side

sortable:true //to enable sorting

When i try to sort IE is showing the Stop Running Script dialog saying "A script on this page is causing your web browser to run slowly. If it continues to run,   your computer might become unresponsive.".

I am using latest version of Jqgrid files. jquery-1.5.2.min.js, jquery.jqGrid.src.js, jquery.jqGrid.min.js.

What should I do to resolve this issue. Please help

Thanks

 My view:

<link href="../../css/custom-theme/jquery-ui-1.8.11.custom.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="../../css/ui.jqgrid.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<script src="../../js/jquery-1.5.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="../../js/i18n/grid.locale-en.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
@*<script src="../../js/jquery.jqGrid.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>*@
<script src="../../js/jquery.jqGrid.src.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

 <table id="list2″></table>
<div id="pager2″></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
    jQuery("#list2″).jqGrid({
        url: '/Home/GetJQGridJsonData/',
        datatype: "json",
        colNames: ['AddressLine1', 'AddressLine2', 'City'],
        colModel: [
     { name: 'AddressLine1', index: 'AddressLine1', width: 100, sortable:true },
     { name: 'AddressLine2', index: 'AddressLine2', width: 100 },
     { name: 'City', index: 'City', width: 100 }

    ],
        rowNum: 20,
        rowList: [10, 20, 30],
        pager: '#pager2',
        sortname: 'AddressLine1',
        viewrecords: true,
        sortorder: "desc",
        caption: "Pilot Information",
        width: 800,
        height: 500,
        loadonce: true, // to enable sorting on client side
        sortable: true //to enable sorting
    });
    jQuery("#list2″).jqGrid('navGrid', '#pager2', { edit: false, add: false, del: false });

</script>

 My cotroller:

        public virtual JsonResult GetJQGridJsonData(int page, int rows, string search, string sidx, string sord)
        {

            List<Address> jqData = new List<Address>();
            jqData = context.Addresses.ToList();

            int pageIndex = Convert.ToInt32(page) – 1;
            int pageSize = rows;
            int totalRecords = jqData.Count();

            int totalPages;
            if (totalRecords > 0)
                totalPages = (int)Math.Ceiling((float)totalRecords / (float)pageSize);
            else
                totalPages = 0;

            // if for some reasons the requested page is greater than the total set the requested page to total page
            if (page > totalPages) page = totalPages;

            //total – Total number of Pages.
            //page – Current page Index.
            //records – Total number of records in the rows group.
            //rows – An array with the data plus an identifier.
            //id – The unique row identifier, needs to be an int from what I have found.
            //cell – An array of the data for the grid.
            var jsonData = new JqGridJsonData
            {

                total = totalPages,
                page = pageIndex,
                records = totalRecords,

                rows = jqData.Select(vm =>
                             new JQGridRowJson
                             {
                                 id = vm.AddressLine1,
                                 cell = new[]{
                                               
                                                   vm.AddressLine1,
                                                   vm.AddressLine2,
                                                   vm.City,
                                                   vm.PostalCode
                                }
                             }).ToArray()

            };
            return Json(jsonData, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }