The following methods, all part of jqGrid up to and including version 3.1, have been removed starting with version 3.2, replaced by a more generic method.

'Get' Methods	Returns	Use Instead
getUrl	the current url from options array	getGridParam("url")
getSortName	the name of last sorted column	getGridParam("sortname")
getSortOrder	the last sorted order
getSelectedRow	the id of the selected row, null if row is not selected	getGridParam("selrow")
getPage	the current page number	getGridParam("page")
getRowNum	the current number of requested rows	getGridParam("rowNum")
getDataType	the current datatype	getGridParam("datatype")
getRecords	the current number of records in grid.	getGridParam("records")
getMultiRow	array of id's of the selected rows when multiselect options is true. Empty array if no selection.	getGridParam("selarrrow")

'Set' Methods	to set	Use Instead
setUrl	a new url, replacing the older.	setGridParam({url:newvalue})
setSortOrder	a new sort order	setGridParam({sortname:newvalue})
setPage	a new page number	setGridParam({page:newvalue})
setRowNum	a new number of requested rows	setGridParam({rowNum:newvalue})
setDataType	a new datatype	setGridParam({datatype:newvalue})