Saving the MVVM model

[sitefinitysteve]

Can someone tell me whats the best way to send a rather complex MVVM object up through an $.ajax call to be saved?

...this?

data: "{'data':'" +JSON.stringify(_mydata) +"'}",

[Randy]

I am no expert on this, just got it working a few days ago, but here is the code I use.

I had two problems, I had to use a POST dues to the complexity of the data being sent and I had to deal with dates. On read I moved the dates to a shadow field and then on save I moved them back, converting to and from WCF / Javascript Dates.

$(".clickSave").click(function (e) {

    tg.viewModel.data.ApplicationCreatedOn = dateToWcf(tg.viewModel.data.shadowApplicationCreatedOn);

    tg.viewModel.data.LastUpdatedOn = dateToWcf(tg.viewModel.data.shadowLastUpdatedOn);

    tg.viewModel.data.DeclarationDateTime = dateToWcf(tg.viewModel.data.shadowDeclarationDateTime);

    tg.viewModel.data.ApplicantDob = dateToWcf(tg.viewModel.data.shadowApplicantDob);

    tg.viewModel.data.IsDirty = true;

 

    $.ajax({

        type: 'POST',

        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",

        url: tg.crudServiceBaseUrl + "/DDCApplicationSave",

        data: JSON.stringify(tg.viewModel.data),

        processData: true,

        dataType: "json",

        success: function (data) {

            if (data == "") {

                toast("You application as been saved to our servers.");

            } else {

                alert("An error occured while saving the application. \n\n The error was: " + data + "\n\n If you close your browser now, any unsaved data will be lost.");

            };

        }

    });

});

Hope this helps
Randy

[sitefinitysteve]

Ahha, okay thanks...I think I can run with that :)

[axwack]

I have been using the datasource and there is a parameterMap that can do the data manipulation for you. If you go the BLOGS there is an example of using it in the CRUD demo.

What I'm struggling with is how to set data that has a function associated with it.