I'm trying to add data to the end of an observable array but it's just not working as expected. I bet it is something minor but I just can't get my head around it.
What I am doing:
self.businesses = ko.observableArray();
function Business(business) {
var self = this;
self.BusinessID = ko.observable(business.BusinessID );
self.Type = ko.observable(business.Type);
self.Location = ko.observable(business.Location);
}
/*ajax get array of businesses as follows:
[
{
"$id": "1",
"BusinessID ": 62,
"Type": "Data",
"Location": "Data"
},
{
"$id": "2",
"BusinessID ": 63,
"Type": "Data",
"Location": "Data"
},
{
"$id": "3",
"BusinessID ": 64,
"Type": "Data",
"Location": "Data",
} ]
*/
var mappedBusinesses = $.map(data, function (business) { return new Business(business) });
self.businesses(mappedBusinesses);
This all works as expected and the obersablearray is populated.
However if I go to add another business, it wont work. For example, if I call the ajax that returns this (as newBusiness):
{
"$id": "1",
"BusinessID ": 68,
"Type": "Data",
"Location": "Data"
}
and I do:
self.businesses().push(newBusiness);
It adds to the array as an "Object" not a Business. So I thought I would do:
var bus = $.map(newBusiness, function (business) { return new Business(business) });
self.businesses().push(bus);
But I get the error in the JS console "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'BusinessID' of null
So I made a new var and added the brackets: [] in and it adds to the observable array but not as a "Business" object but rather as an "Array[1]" object at the end and this doesn't function as per the others. Code as follows:
var newBus = {
BusinessID: newBusiness.BusinessID,
Type: newBusiness.Type,
Location: newBusiness.Location
}
var bus = $.map(newBus, function (business) { return new Business(business) });
self.businesses().push(bus);
As mentioned this adds to the observable array but doesn't actually add as a "business" object but rather as an "array[1]" object.
I bet it's something so basic but just can't get it working!
Argh I knew it would be simple!
It was posting the whole array to the ObservableArray...not just the object.
The fix:
self.businesses.push(newBusiness[0])
Had to add the [0] in to get it to push the actual data into the array, not the object!
Thanks for the answers!