Question

Can Kendo UI grid be bound directly to a JSON-serialzed Microsoft.NET System.Data.DataTable?
When serialized to JSON, the System.Data.DataTable becomes an array of objects with the fieldnames repeated in each object:

     [{"name":"joe", "age":40},
      {"name":"pam", "age":33}]

Answer 1

Yes. The Kendo UI grid can be bound to any JSON object which has an array of “records”. For example:

$("#grid").kendoGrid({
   dataSource: [
      {"name":"joe", "age":40},
      {"name":"pam", "age":33}
   ]      
});

Here is a live demo: http://jsbin.com/edokun/1/edit