You can bind almost any type of DataTable, DataView, DataSet, IEnumerable, ICollection, List collections to jqGrid.

Runtime collections and tables can be bound using the jqGrid DataSource property and then calling DataBind(). This is consistent with the databinding model in ASP.NET in general.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="default.aspx.cs" Inherits="GridTest.examples.loading_data.datatable._default" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="Trirand.Web" TagPrefix="trirand" Namespace="Trirand.Web.UI.WebControls" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title></title>
    <!-- The jQuery UI theme that will be used by the grid -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/redmond/jquery-ui-1.8.2.custom.css" />
    <!-- The jQuery UI theme extension jqGrid needs -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/ui.jqgrid.css" />
    <!-- jQuery runtime minified -->
    <script src="/js/jquery-1.4.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <!-- The localization file we need, English in this case -->
    <script src="/js/i18n/grid.locale-en.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <!-- The jqGrid client-side javascript -->
    <script src="/js/jquery.jqGrid.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <!-- This jQuery UI reference is needed only for the demo (code tabs). jqGrid per se does not need it. -->    
    <script src="/js/jquery-ui-1.8.2.custom.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <style type="text/css">
        body, html { font-size: 80%; }    
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>       
       <trirand:JQGrid ID="JQGrid1" runat="server" Width="600px">
            <Columns>
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="CustomerID" />
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="CompanyName" />
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="Phone" />
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="PostalCode" />
            </Columns>
            <ClientSideEvents RowRightClick="rightClick" />
            <ToolBarSettings ShowSearchButton="true" />
       </trirand:JQGrid>
       
       <script type="text/javascript">

           function rightClick(rowID) {
               alert(rowID);           
           }
       
       </script>
       
       <br /><br />
       <trirand:codetabs runat="server" id="DataTableCodeTabs"></trirand:codetabs>    
       
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Configuration;
using Trirand.Web.UI.WebControls;

namespace GridTest.examples.loading_data.datatable
{
    public partial class _default : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {            
            JQGrid1.DataSource = GetData();
            JQGrid1.DataBind();              
        }

        protected DataTable GetData()
        {
            // Create a new Sql Connection and set connection string accordingly
            SqlConnection sqlConnection = new SqlConnection();
            sqlConnection.ConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["SQL2008_449777_fhsConnectionString"].ConnectionString;            
            sqlConnection.Open();
            
            string sqlStatement = "SELECT CustomerID, CompanyName, Phone, PostalCode, City FROM Customers";

            // Create a SqlDataAdapter to get the results as DataTable
            SqlDataAdapter sqlDataAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(sqlStatement, sqlConnection);

            // Create a new DataTable
            DataTable dtResult = new DataTable();

            // Fill the DataTable with the result of the SQL statement
            sqlDataAdapter.Fill(dtResult);            

            return dtResult;
        }
        
        
    }
}
Switch theme:


Theming is based on the very popular jQuery ThemeRoller standard. This is the same theming mechanism used by jQuery UI and is now a de-facto standard for jQuery based components. The benefits of using ThemeRoller are huge. We can offer a big set of ready to use themes created by professional designers, including Windows-like themes (Redmond), Apple-like theme (Cupertino), etc. In addition to that any jQuery UI controls on the same page will pick the same theme.

Last, but not least, you can always roll your own ThemeRoller theme, using the superb Theme Editor

To use a theme, simply reference 2 Css files in your Html <head> section - the ThemeRoller theme you wish to use, and the jqGrid own ThemeRoller Css file. For example (Redmond theme):

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/redmond/jquery-ui-1.8.1.custom.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/ui.jqgrid.css" />