jqGrid - how to set grid to NOT load any data initially?

Question

How can you create a grid but not load any data?

If I omit the url option then the loadError callback is triggered.

Currently we set

Answer 1

You should just use datatype: 'local' initially. At the moment when you need to load the data you should change the datatype to json or xml:

$("#list").jqGrid('setGridParam',{datatype:'json'}).trigger('reloadGrid');