While digging through the code, I noticed a useDataProxy in grid.formedit.js.

Does this work?  Or is it simply a remnent of an earlier idea that never panned out.

How do I process add/edit/delete, using local javascript functions?

but I don't agree with your statements about the complexity. If you rename one file so that it has just correct extension ASMX, you code

will work correctly. You should only fix parameter Dictionary<string, object> postData to parameters which are described in the links which I posted before (like int page, int rows, ...).

Your current implementation can follow that the results of getMyData method will be placed as a part of HTML page or some part of master pages will be added. Moreover view state with whole table contain could be send to or from the server. So you will have many additional problems and the "complexity" of the solution is now higher as with pure web service.

What you need to do is just choose in the "Solution Explorer" of your Visual Studio Project in contex menu the item "Add", then "New Item". Then choose you should choose "Web Service" template instead of "Web Form" and modify a little the code which will be automatically produced. It can sound complex only if you do this at the first time, but it is really very simple.

Best regards
Oleg

In my case, we're talking about a low-volume website, with a great many pages containg jqGrids, each of which will be used rarely, and will pull down only modest amounts of data.  Building separate webservices to feed each, rather than using page methods, is not the optimal solution.

At first glance, none of the examples you provided addressed my specific question.  For example, you've provided links to answer "the MVC questions", when I specifically stated that we weren't using MVC.

I'll look into them more deeply, though, to see if there is anything that applies.  But in the meantime, I'll ask again:

Is there a way to process add/edit/delete in jqGrid, using local javascript functions?

The main advantage of the WCF/ASMX way corresponds to you current way is native support of all jqGrid features including paging, sorting and filtering (searching) of data.

Best regards
Oleg

[WebMethod()]

[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]

public static MyData getMyData(Dictionary<string, object> postData)

{

MyData myData = new MyData();

…

return myData;

}

Note, this is ASP.NET web forms, not ASP.NET MVC.

And it's a WebMethod defined within a .aspx page, not in a .asmx web service. 

It's called from javascript with:

PageMethods.getMyData(postdata, successCallback, errorCallback);

I've not found examples on how to make a simple data load work, calling a page webmethod.  So I'm using a function datatype.

If there's a way to make data load work, calling a page webmethod directly, I'd love to learn about it.  And if I can make add, edit, and delete work, using page webmethods, I'd like to know how to do that, too.

But even if all of that can be done, I still want to know how to use a local javascript function for handling add, edit, and delete.

Best regards
Oleg 

My problem now is with editing.  If I set editurl to a javascript function, I get an error:

Error Row: 4 Result: 405:Method Not Allowed Status: error

What do I need to do to have edit pass its data to a javascript function, instead of to a URL?