gistfile1.php

$this->widget('zii.widgets.grid.CGridView', array(
        'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
        'id'=>'order-grid',
        'columns'=>array(
       
           array(
         
                'header' => 'Word',
                'name'=> 'Word',
                'value' => $data->lemma
            ),
         
            array(
                'header' => 'Definition',
                'value' => '"testtest"',
            ),
        )
    ));
    
    
    ----
    
     public function search()
        {
            // @todo Please modify the following code to remove attributes that should not be searched.
            $sql = 'select 
                words.lemma,
                mepsynsets.definition, 
                mepsenses.wordid, 
                mepsynsets.synsetid
            
            from mepsynsets 
                left join mepsenses on mepsynsets.synsetid = mepsenses.synsetid 
                left join words on mepsenses.wordid=words.wordid 
            where lemma=:lemma';
            $synsets=Yii::app()->db->createCommand($sql);     
            $synsets->bindParam(":lemma",$this->searchTerm);
            $dataReader = $synsets->query();
            $count= $dataReader->rowCount;
       
            $dataProvider=new CSqlDataProvider(
            $sql,array(
                'keyField'=>'synsetid',
                'totalItemCount'=>$count,
                //'totalItemCount'=>$count,
                'params'=>array(
                       ':lemma'=>$this->searchTerm,
                ),
                'sort'=>array(
                    'attributes'=>array(
                          'definition', 'lemma','wordid','synsetid'
                    ),
                ),
                'pagination'=>array(
                    'pageSize'=>20
                )
            ));
            return $dataProvider;
    }

My controller is :
public function actionSearch()
{
if (isset($_GET["SearchSynsetsModel"]["searchTerm"])){
$searchTerm=$_GET["SearchSynsetsModel"]["searchTerm"];
$model=new SearchSynsetsModel();
$lemma =Lemmatizer::lemmatize($searchTerm);
$model->searchTerm=$lemma;
$dataProvider = $model->search();
$model = new SearchSynsetsModel();
$model->searchTerm=$searchTerm;
$this->render('searchResultsView',
array(
'dataProvider'=>$dataProvider,
'model'=>$model,

            ));
    }

$this->widget('zii.widgets.grid.CGridView', array(
'dataProvider' => $model->search(),
'id'=>'order-grid',
'columns'=>array(
array(
'header' => 'Word',
'name'=> 'Word',
'value' => $data->lemma
),
array(
'header' => 'Definition',
'value' => '"testtest"',
),
)
));

Turns out I didnt need to try to provide a value for those fields, I just needed to write in their names and gridview took care of the rest - thanks a mill for all your help - please add me on LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-preibisch/4/130/a64

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$this->widget('zii.widgets.grid.CGridView', array(
'dataProvider' => $model->search(),
'id'=>'order-grid',
'columns' =>array(
array(
'name'=>'lemma',
"header"=>"Word"
),
'definition',
'wordid',
'synsetid',
array(
'header'=>"Action",
'name'=>'action'
)

            )


));

$this->widget('zii.widgets.grid.CGridView', array(
'dataProvider' => $model->search(),
'id'=>'order-grid',
'columns' =>array(
array(
'name'=>'Word',
'htmlOptions'=>array('style'=>'text-align:center; width:100px'),
'value'=>'$data->lemma',
),
'definition',
'wordid',
'synsetid',
array(
'header'=>"Action",
'name'=>'action'
)