title: jqGrid default sort order?
body: <p>It appears that the jqGrid <code>sortname</code> and <code>sortorder</code> properties do not actually cause your data set to be sorted - they just cause the up/down arrows to be displayed.</p>
  
  <p>How can you get your data set to sort on download?  </p>
  
  <p>The sort works well when you click the column headers but I want a default sort to be applied to our data.</p>
  
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  <p>Update: When we click the next button, the next request sorts the data.</p>
  
  <p>This causes a slightly confusing UI where the data loads with a down arrow on a column - and the data isn't sorted - but when you click next the data is now sorted.</p>
  
  <p>It seems if I omit sortname and sortorder that jqGrid still displays the sort icon - weird.</p>