You could have a look at this plugin for for Inline edit with JQGrid and Web2py:
http://app.ebansoftware.net/editable_jqgrid/default/index On 5 Jul., 21:25, Johann Spies <johann.sp...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am a javascipt and jquery novice and would appreciate some > information to help me understand how to use a jqgrid-plugin. > > My questions are overlapping in some cases. > > 1. How does jqgrid communicate with the backend database? > 2. Do I have to put special mechanisms in place to make sure that > changes in an editable grid end up in the database? > 3. At what stage does this communication with the database take place > (I mean sending information back to the database). > 4. How do I send a selection from the database to the grid? At the > moment the documentation on the available web2py jqgrid plugins is not > clear to me about this. > 5. How do I specify a specific cell to be editable or not? > 6. Overlapping with some earlier questions: How do I submit changes to a grid? > 7. How do I check for valid input in a cell? > > Regards > Johann > > -- > "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are > honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, > whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if > there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these > things." Philippians 4:8